on May 13, 2018 by Staff in Uncategorized, Comments Off on Reporter misquotes story; When corrected insists no one else read it

Reporter misquotes story; When corrected insists no one else read it

http://twitter.com/#!/exjon/status/508819945531379712

Heidi Moore, a reporter for The Guardian, made this claim today then got irritated when people questioned it’s veracity.

http://twitter.com/#!/ComfortablySmug/status/508784135025205248
http://twitter.com/#!/ComfortablySmug/status/508784909406986240
http://twitter.com/#!/TheBronxGOP/status/508801564107341824
http://twitter.com/#!/moorehn/status/508810558347681793

Really?

SC Lt. governor candidates spar over McMaster’s club membership

Sellers, who could be the first African-Americans elected to statewide office since Reconstruction, said he decided to make McMaster’s membership at the Forest Lake Club an issue because he wants to move South Carolina away from its past, including bouts with racism. (emphasis added)

Clearly her tweet was not a direct quote. Also her tweet leaves out the words “elected to.” Senator Tim Scott was elected to the House of Representatives, but he was appointed by Governor Nikki Hailey to the U.S. Senate when Senator Jim DeMint resigned. So the article is correct while Moore’s tweet was not.

http://twitter.com/#!/moorehn/status/508810028506447873

Apparently neither did you since your “direct quote” was not a direct quote.

http://twitter.com/#!/GarrettHeckman/status/508821973023989760
http://twitter.com/#!/exjon/status/508822412734255104

And some wonder why the media isn’t trusted.

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