on July 18, 2018 by Staff in Uncategorized, Comments Off on Mocknado breaks out on Twitter after AP retracts false McAuliffe scoop

Mocknado breaks out on Twitter after AP retracts false McAuliffe scoop

http://twitter.com/#!/jamiedupree/status/388119409984032768

The Associated Press very unwisely reported that Democrat candidate for Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe lied to a federal official. Its evidence? A Grand Jury report with the initials “T.M.” — and it seems like not much else!

AP has retracted the false claim:

http://twitter.com/#!/nycsouthpaw/status/388147113256710145

As of this writing, the original, incorrect AP report is still up at some news outlets (see, e.g., here and here).

Naturally, there was plenty of mockage on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/#!/JuddLegum/status/388135934266339328

When the editor of ThinkProgress is mocking your journalism, you know it’s bad!

http://twitter.com/#!/LoganDobson/status/388135289320767488
http://twitter.com/#!/rsmccain/status/388148657674932224
http://twitter.com/#!/jpodhoretz/status/388146397058326528
http://twitter.com/#!/JB_Peterson/status/388141916908310528
http://twitter.com/#!/rsmccain/status/388152574739615744
http://twitter.com/#!/LilianaSegura/status/388147277614690304

Apparently that person is Bob Lewis, but at least he quickly fessed up to the mistake:

http://twitter.com/#!/APBobLewis/status/388158440830287872

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