on Wednesday, host Lawrence O’Donnell apologized for his report that Russian billionaires co-signed Deutsche Bank loans to Trump, hours after one of the president’s lawyers issued a legal threat and demanded a retraction.
“Tonight we are retracting the story,” he told viewers. He said that he does not know if the story is true, but it was not ready for primetime. “Saying, ‘if true,’ was simply not good enough,” he said. “Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president’s finances that didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process,” he wrote on Twitter. “I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air. I will address the issue on my show tonight.”
“Now, I want to stress, that’s a single source,” he said. “This has not been confirmed by NBC News, I have not seen any documentation from Deutsche Bank that supports this and verifies this. This is just a single source who has revealed to me, and that’s where that stands at this point. It’s going to need a lot more verification before that can be a confirmable fact.”
And HOW many lies has Trump told? And HOW many times has he apologized? He makes me sick.
PamplinFilmCo Maybe he'll retract the last 2 yrs of BS too
Jack ass
Retract all you want I won’t believe that’s not true until I see the tax returns and the loan papers !
No journalist should EVER lead with his or her mouth. Check and recheck your sources, get double corroboration. The stakes could not be higher; screwing up is not an option.