PBS host apologizes for reporting Trump
pressed Netanyahu to abandon hostage deal:
'This was a mistake'
Fox News,
by
Gabriel Hayes
Original Article
Posted By: JoElla Bee,
8/23/2024 11:30:59 AM
“PBS NewsHour" anchor Judy Woodruff apologized Wednesday for reporting a story about former President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that both leaders have staunchly denied. Woodruff posted an apology to X expressing regret for reporting this week that in a phone call, Trump urged Netanyahu to delay a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas until after the 2024 presidential election to benefit him politically.
"This was a mistake and I apologize for it," Woodruff wrote. She posted, "I want to clarify my remarks on the PBS News special on Monday night about the ongoing cease fire talks in the Middle East.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
MissNan 8/23/2024 11:38:49 AM (No. 1783501)
Anchor Judy Woodruff should be fired for telling this lie!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
john56 8/23/2024 11:39:08 AM (No. 1783502)
Will she lead her next newscast with an apology and retraction?
I didn't think so.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tootall 8/23/2024 11:39:25 AM (No. 1783504)
She needs to apologize on the air! Not in a throw away tweet. Who follows her anyway!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
FJB 2022 23 24 8/23/2024 11:44:46 AM (No. 1783508)
I'M shocked, she would even admit the truth.!!
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Defund PBS! No more taxpayer funding!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jalo1951 8/23/2024 11:56:51 AM (No. 1783517)
I lied, I knew I lied. I'm glad I lied. I got caught. Darn it. I'm sorry, not sorry. And I will do it again in a heartbeat.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 8/23/2024 11:57:57 AM (No. 1783519)
They broadcast the lie loudly on PBS, but the "apology" is posted in her account on X where 90% of those who heard the lie will likely never read it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/23/2024 12:02:28 PM (No. 1783524)
Hey Judy Woodie, YOU need to apologize for every lie you've told over the years. That should take you the rest of your life...Get started NOW!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/23/2024 12:05:14 PM (No. 1783529)
So, Axios and Rooters, you made up the story then? And who gave the go-order to run with the story? As for you, Woodruff, you should be canned immediately.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
downnout 8/23/2024 12:13:03 PM (No. 1783535)
A mistake or a lie and you were caught?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/23/2024 12:17:42 PM (No. 1783539)
These are the same 'peace' talks that neither Israel nor Hamas were invited. What was their purpose? All they have achieved is a fake news story to use against Trump. The implication is these talks weren't about Israel and Hamas at all. They were nothing but political chips for the American government. That is insulting.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/23/2024 12:18:54 PM (No. 1783541)
PBS is a public funded Democrat propaganda outlet. Republicans continue to vote to fund it, then say they are working for us.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
AGGW 8/23/2024 12:32:32 PM (No. 1783547)
A card laid is a card played. You can't undo remarks like that. Apologies are nice but no solution.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Sanddollar 8/23/2024 1:03:49 PM (No. 1783571)
She is past her shelf life and needs to retire.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hershey 8/23/2024 1:52:22 PM (No. 1783592)
How about 'sorry it was total lie and I got caught'...wanker...
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
MHR 8/23/2024 2:28:14 PM (No. 1783615)
She got it out there and most will never see the apology....she accomplished her goal and she'd NEVER be fired.....
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PBS needs to be taken off the taxpayers payroll. This station is a complete embarrassment to anyone who believes in journalism. This is hardly the first and probably not likely to be last of a string of lies that they are constantly broadcasting. I listen to classical music and unfortunately they carry this garbage as their news information. And Judy should resign in disgrace and issue an apology and have it broadcast at the beginning of each of their news segments.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
5 handicap 8/23/2024 5:54:02 PM (No. 1783704)
Has any else noticed that every time sone EVIL POS gets caught in a lie its: Oh, I made a mistake... I call Bullscheisse on them...The mistake was they got caught in their evilness!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mifla 8/24/2024 6:06:54 AM (No. 1783973)
Dan Rather was fired for doing the same thing. Only, he was better at it.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/24/2024 7:33:01 AM (No. 1784016)
There is a lot more that Judy Woodruff should be apologizing for. But at least it better than Joe Dementia who keeps repeating his pet lies about Trump in spite of being repeatedly exposed.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/24/2024 7:41:10 AM (No. 1784020)
The second part of the lie is that any hostages are left alive in Hamas dungeons. That's the main reason they refuse to negotiate a cease fire. Once it is established that their bargaining chip is gone, they are all dead meat.
Judy Woodruff is nothing but a democrat shill who repeats everything they want us to hear. Truth plays no part in that information.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
edgar 8/24/2024 8:02:29 AM (No. 1784032)
As reported elsewhere, Axios and Reuters reported a call between the two. She made up the part about Trump saying it would help Harris if done before the election.
Second point, if she was communicating the reporting of others without giving them credit, isn't that plagiarism?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 8/24/2024 8:53:46 AM (No. 1784067)
No, it wasn't a "mistake;" it was purely a deception that put former President Donald Trump back into the "sights" of violent anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian terrorist MOBS allowed to run wild all over the country (except in Chicago during the DNC event).
Judy Woodruff, if you had one shred of journalistic integrity you would RESIGN, effective immediately, and turn in your taxpayer funded, PBS steno pad and pen.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
griddog1 8/24/2024 9:32:30 AM (No. 1784086)
What we rightly call a lie the democrats call a mistake because they got caught! They lie about everything.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Zigrid 8/24/2024 10:35:47 AM (No. 1784143)
Here's how the commie left plays the game...they make a false statement...and when called out...they quickly apologize....never mind all the mindless robots have it on social media and are running with it...quick way to lose your credibility Judy...not that I ever watch her on the television...I'm to smart for the alphabet news and their concubines who are instructed by their superiors to take the heat....
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Woodruff is a particularly nasty and odious creature in a swampful of nasty and odious creatures.
Her appeal has always been a complete mystery. What is her target demographic? Grim, quivering women (to use Ann Coulter's phrase) in Manhattan and Arlington VA? She's a disapproving fussbudget, humorless and top of the table in the No Discernible Talent league. We can take some comfort from the fact that Al Hunt, raving lefty, is her husband but those marriages are all too common in media circles. Reinforcement of groupthink from the time they open their eyes to the time they go to sleep.
PBS and its defenders always like to play jiggery poker when it comes to discussing the funding of PBS, claiming tax dollars aren't used. Let's stipulate that's true. And irrelevant. Why aren't the public ever asked who they want to see on public television? Why do swampers assume we want to watch (read: endure) other swampers? Why aren't there auditions, competitions, votes, polls etc? The answer is obvious: PBS is propaganda mendaciously sold as objective and principled.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
farmwife 8/24/2024 11:57:43 AM (No. 1784190)
It wasn't a mistake. It was a lie. 'period'. (as good old Joe would say)
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 8/24/2024 7:35:07 PM (No. 1784423)
Judy, Judy, Judy. Nobody pays any attention to you any more--especially PBS-ers. They are just waiting for you to shut up and get back to the uppity, toneless television.
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