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When ABC News hyped its false report that the administration’s Benghazi emails showed evidence of a political cover-up, it kicked off a media frenzy. Suddenly, after eight months of dismissing conservatives’ claims that Benghazi was a secret scandal, the networks were now featuring it as headline news.
After the report aired, the Benghazi “cover-up” led the Sunday shows not only on Fox News, but also on ABC, NBC, and CBS. On the May 10 edition of Fox News’ Special Report, Chris Wallace crowed, “The Benghazi story finally hit the mainstream media with a vengeance today…[because] of ABC.”
Click here to watch a short video of the unraveling of ABC’s false Benghazi story.
When the actual Benghazi emails were released, ABC News’ so-called “exclusive” was thoroughly debunked. However, according to ABC’s own poll from May 21, the false reporting stuck: a majority of Americans now think that the Obama administration is trying to cover up the facts about Benghazi.
ABC News has yet to address or correct its false report on the air. Coincidence? Doubtful.
Where are the corrections? Sign our letter to ABC News executives asking ABC to live up to its reputation and correct its false report:
http://action.mediamatters.org/tell_abc_news_correct_false_benghazi_report
More than 12,000 of you have already weighed in, stating that ABC News needs to acknowledge that it misinformed the American people. Urge ABC News to do the right thing by correcting its false report.
The letter will be delivered this week. So, be sure to sign it while you still can!Cynthia Padera Campaigns Manager Media Matters for America |
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