MS NOW retracts false report that FBI Director Kash Patel traveled to Russia
publishers 19articles 21first reported 14 Oct, 16:58 UTCdeveloping since 14 Oct · 8 editions
MS NOW corrected a report that FBI Director Kash Patel had traveled to Russia, saying the claim was false and that it regretted the error.
The network had reported, citing two unnamed people familiar with the matter, that Patel had landed in Russia for a two-day meeting in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The FBI denied the account and said Patel was instead attending a law-enforcement appreciation event at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The bureau posted video of Patel at the Virginia event, and a local ABC News affiliate also showed him there. Reuters subsequently reported the FBI’s denial, while MS NOW correspondent Ken Dilanian issued a correction and apology.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 8 articles, 2 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 18 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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- Independent newsrooms
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- revised
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.
WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Delete the unsupported closing paragraph; the rest of the story is supported by the supplied reports. - "Several outlets carried or referenced the initial claim before the correction.": The supplied material does not establish that several outlets carried or referenced the claim before MS NOW corrected it. - "No evidence in the subsequent reports indicated that Patel had traveled to Russia.": This is the writer's own characterization of the reporting rather than a sourced fact.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
MS NOW retracts false report that FBI Director Kash Patel traveled to Russia
MS NOW corrected a report that FBI Director Kash Patel had traveled to Russia, saying the claim was false and that it regretted the error.
The network had reported, citing two unnamed people familiar with the matter, that Patel had landed in Russia for a two-day meeting in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The FBI denied the account and said Patel was instead attending a law-enforcement appreciation event at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The bureau posted video of Patel at the Virginia event, and a local ABC News affiliate also showed him there. Reuters subsequently reported the FBI’s denial, while MS NOW correspondent Ken Dilanian issued a correction and apology.
Several outlets carried or referenced the initial claim before the correction. No evidence in the subsequent reports indicated that Patel had traveled to Russia.
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