Chuck Todd apologizes for airing edited William Barr clip
By Joe Concha - 05/12/20 07:04 PM EDT
NBC "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd apologized on Tuesday for airing a clip Sunday of Attorney General William Barr's interview with CBS reporter Katherine Herridge, which Todd acknowledged was misleading because of an edit that took Barr's remarks out of context.
Todd and "Meet the Press" had come under heavy criticism for airing the clip, which made it appear that Barr had decided to drop charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn for political reasons.
After the clip from the May 7 CBC interview aired, Todd said that Barr "didn't make the case that he was upholding the rule of law. He was almost admitting that, yeah, this is a political job."
On Tuesday, Barr said that while NBC was not responsible for the editing of the clip, "Meet the Press" should have checked for a full transcript.
He called it a "mistake I wish we hadn’t made and that I hadn’t made."
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