BPR "Legal scholar Jonathan Turley slammed NBC News’ Chuck Todd for airing a “false narrative” in the misleading quote of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
"The George Washington University law professor called out the “Meet the Press” host who “knowingly played a false gotcha clip” in a move that he deemed worse than the one by CNN’s Jim Acosta, who came under heavy fire for tweeting an out-of-context quote from McEnany."
"Quoting former Stanford Medical Center neurology chief Dr. Scott Atlas, McEnany had addressed reporters on President Trump’s stand on getting children back into classrooms, saying that “the science should not stand in the way of this.” But, as Turley pointed out, that quote by the press secretary which was used in Acosta’s tweet to mock her, “was artificially clipped to leave the diametrically opposite impression from what actually said.”
"McEnany slammed the “Case Study in Media Bias,” and others quickly debunked the clip and piled on CNN. Acosta’s CNN colleague Jake Tapper even called out the false narrative on the air, clarifying what McEnany was actually saying as Acosta tried to fix everything with a follow-up tweet."
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But on Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” Todd used the deceptive clip of McEnany twice despite all the attention it — and Acosta — had received.
"“It was not just running an overtly misleading clip but defiantly doing so after other journalists have challenged the erroneous impression left by the clip. The misleading quality of the clip clearly was not the problem but the appeal for Meet the Press,” Turley wrote.
" 'As bad as that incident was, it is not nearly as bad as Chuck Todd ignoring the controversy and the correction to repeatedly air the same misleading quote,” he added, calling out the network as well.
“ 'NBC was fully aware that the clip was not just misleading but that it conveyed the opposite of what actually was stated in the press conference,” Turley explained.
"The George Washington University law professor called out the “Meet the Press” host who “knowingly played a false gotcha clip” in a move that he deemed worse than the one by CNN’s Jim Acosta, who came under heavy fire for tweeting an out-of-context quote from McEnany."
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"McEnany slammed the “Case Study in Media Bias,” and others quickly debunked the clip and piled on CNN. Acosta’s CNN colleague Jake Tapper even called out the false narrative on the air, clarifying what McEnany was actually saying as Acosta tried to fix everything with a follow-up tweet."
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But on Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” Todd used the deceptive clip of McEnany twice despite all the attention it — and Acosta — had received.
"“It was not just running an overtly misleading clip but defiantly doing so after other journalists have challenged the erroneous impression left by the clip. The misleading quality of the clip clearly was not the problem but the appeal for Meet the Press,” Turley wrote.
" 'As bad as that incident was, it is not nearly as bad as Chuck Todd ignoring the controversy and the correction to repeatedly air the same misleading quote,” he added, calling out the network as well.
“ 'NBC was fully aware that the clip was not just misleading but that it conveyed the opposite of what actually was stated in the press conference,” Turley explained.
Replying to @JonathanTurley
...Todd is fully aware that the McEnany said the exact opposite of what his edited clip suggests.The quote was McEnany referring to a scientific study and, right after the line quoted, she said “The science is very clear on this” and later added “The science is on our side here.”
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