MSNBC’s O’Donnell: I Apologize for and Retract Trump Russia Story

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MSNBC’s O’Donnell: I Apologize for and Retract Trump Loan Story

By: Ian Hanchett Breitbart,  August 29, 2019:

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” host Lawrence O’Donnell retracted and apologized for a report that President Trump had received loans that were co-signed by Russian oligarchs.

O’Donnell said, “Last night, on this show, I discussed information that wasn’t ready for reporting. I repeated statements a single source told me about the president’s finances and loan documents with Deutsche Bank. Saying ‘if true’ as I discussed the information was simply not good enough. I did not go through the rigorous verification and standards process here at MSNBC before repeating what I heard from my source. Had it gone through that process, I would not have been permitted to report it. I should not have said it on air or posted it on Twitter. I was wrong to do so. This afternoon, attorneys for the president sent us a letter asserting the story is false. They also demanded a retraction. Tonight, we are retracting the story. We don’t know whether the information is inaccurate. But, the fact is, we do know it wasn’t ready for broadcast, and for that, I apologize.”

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Gary L. Faris
Gary L. Faris
4 years ago

Some retraction. “We don’t know whether the information is inaccurate. But, the fact is, we do know it wasn’t ready for broadcast” is not the same as “we did know if the information was true and should not have broadcast it.” Kinda like “well we don’t really know it’s NOT true so what the hell…”

famouswolf
famouswolf
4 years ago
Reply to  Gary L. Faris

Yeah, their (msm outlets) ‘retractions’ and ‘apologies’ are like farts in a high wind.
They do it, it gets out there, and the ‘retractions’ go largely unnoticed. So now there is a new meme for the lefty bots to spew over and over.
Total, asinine jerks who give the word ‘jounalism’ a decidedly bad smell with these antics. Very sick, very rotten.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  Gary L. Faris

Still not clearly admitting it was false.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

and that should be regarded as a further accusation and dealt with us such.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
4 years ago
Reply to  Gary L. Faris

Well, if O’Donnell was as smart as he thinks he is, or if he had a shred of decency, he wouldn’t have run the story in the first place.

Since he is neither smart nor decent, why would one expect an honorable retraction?

It would be entirely out of character, both for him and his network.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

Agreed. My Mom used to say, “There is no so stupid as one who is stupid and doesn’t know it.”

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
4 years ago

..or in simple terms: They are too stupid to know that they are stupid.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

It should read, “There is none so stupid as one who is stupid doesn’t know it.” I got submarined by one of those ridiculous pop-up ads.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago

“There is none so stupid as one who is stupid who doesn’t know it.”

You still got submarined. LOVED IT THO and you are right on!

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
4 years ago

Trump’s Lawsuit
– should net at least $50 million
– Trump can put the proceeds towards the Wall

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

He needs to SUE them. MONEY is all that matters to these people.

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

hey felix!

RichardBlazer
RichardBlazer
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Indeed. That’s the ONLY language they understand. Also, they deserve to suffer financially for their Fckery.

Hans Wellington
Hans Wellington
4 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

Now they are shitting themselves. They thought they are getting away with their lies. They should be sued for hundreds of millions and have them jailed as well..

Murielle
Murielle
4 years ago

Libel and slander! Got him going both ways.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago
Reply to  Murielle

SOME TRUMP LAWYER must have warned O’Donnell. I have never seen a liberal this apologetic.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

I would sue for 500 billion, then the jury will award him 1/2 of that.

Philip
Philip
4 years ago

Sue He! Oink, Oink!

TD
TD
4 years ago

Lawrence Who?
Good god. what happened to journalism? We use to have Walker Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow, and even Barbara Walters. Now we have Lawrence who?, Fredo Cuomo, and Rachel Mad-cow.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
4 years ago
Reply to  TD

What happened?

Well, for starters, David Sarnoff of NBC, and William Paley of CBS are gone – and in their place are Noah Oppenheim and David Rhodes.

Two men of stature replaced by midgets.

TD
TD
4 years ago

MS-“DNC”

(Sean Hannity quote)

minted
minted
4 years ago

I can’t wait for that $1 BILLION lawsuit against the media for peddling false stories, inciting hatred and violence and influencing false conslucions not only in America but throughout the world… I thought the young MAGA kid who got that the Indian beating his drum in his face while making fake racist claims would finally bring the media down, but they hired a useless lawyer.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

O’Donnell lies like a Persian rug but what else is new? What he was hoping was that such an unbelievable piece of crap would be as damaging to Trump as the “Daisy ad” was to Goldwater in ’64. Nice try.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

And the cow jumped over the moon, huh?

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago

And sang a liberal tune.

RichardBlazer
RichardBlazer
4 years ago

Lawrence O’Donnell as like his colleague Chris Matthews and their favorite Communist for president Beto O’Rourke…..are all brain dead Irish Leftist Supremacists. They love to talk as IF they support Non-White people and are against “White Privilege” and “White Supremacy”……..yet they themselves makeDamn sure they live as far as way as possible from Black people. SMH They say they are for reparations to Black people…….yet none of these rabid Leftist Irish guys would lead by example and give a chunk of their assets to Black people.

Leftist Irish Joe Biden loves to talk about how he loves Black people……and yet he makes back handed “complements” to Blacks…….like how Obama is one of the first “CLEAN, WELL SPOKEN, SMART” Black Candidates for president. LOL This just tells you that these Leftists PRETEND to support Blacks/Non-Whites and try to USE THEM as a BATTERING RAM against Conservatives/American Patriot Whites……while they secretly DESPISE Blacks/Non-Whites. These Leftist are the biggest hypocrites around.

As for Lawrence O’Donnell, he does not deserve to live in a Western nation since he despises the conservative policies which built Western nations. He deserves to live in a Communist Banana republic where he would feel very much at home.

sodacrackers2
sodacrackers2
4 years ago

Even their apologies are not real.

James Stamulis
James Stamulis
4 years ago

Sorry but apologies do not come even close in making up for treason.

movingwaters
movingwaters
4 years ago

“I did not go through the rigorous verification and standards process
here at MSNBC before repeating what I heard from my source. Had it gone
through that process, I would not have been permitted to report it.”

Who do they think they are kidding? MSNBC must be very concerned about reaping what t hey have sowed.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago
Reply to  movingwaters

THEY NEVER VERIFY THEIR SOURCES.

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago

TOO LATE, FOOL. The words are already out there. YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO GOD, FIRST, SINCE IT WAS GOD WHO GOT TRUMP, through His people, INTO THE PRESIDENCY. THEN, you can apologize to Trump. But, your half-hearted error of words, will never be forgotten for the fool you are, O’Donnell.

AND, THIS IS WHY NO GOOD AMERICAN SHOULD EVER WATCH THE ALPHABET NEWS CHANNELS.

Mike Kevins
Mike Kevins
4 years ago

How about the last two and a half years of Russian collusion stories? There is NO evidence of those stories, either!

Jim Kress
Jim Kress
4 years ago

MSNBC and O’Donnell’s “retraction” is useless. You cannot unring a bell.

Their deliberate publication of incorrect information is just another illustration of the MSM continuing attempts to eliminate Trump.

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