ABC News reeling after anti-Trump 'practice' headline creates humiliating error; was hostile staffer

[mrclose]

So it could have been anybody at ABC.

This happens periodically when a “joke” headline never intended to be broadcast accidentally makes it onto the air. However, it’s always a malicious joke about republicans or conservatives, never the left. Not a single time. 

Beleaguered ABC News was reeling Thursday morning after having to correct its latest anti-Trump error -- an on-screen caption Wednesday afternoon that falsely stated that Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's ex-campaign chief, pleaded guilty to five charges of manslaughter.

ABC quickly apologized for the error – saying there “is no excuse” -- and an ABC spokesperson said the network is still “investigating” what went wrong. But ABC News sources tell Fox News that the false report was a “practice chyron” that had likely been maliciously written by a hostile ABC News employee (a chyron is a TV news term for words that appear on the lower third of the screen).

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/21/abc-news-reeling-after-anti-trump-practice-headline-creates-humiliating-error-was-hostile-staffer-to-blame.html

[WingNot]

maliciously written by a hostile ABC News employee

Well that ought to narrow the potential suspect field down to what...all but 5 employees at ABC.

[skeeter]

I was wondering after hearing ABC's hourly news this AM who they'd left in charge of the newsroom - the report was fair sounding and actually included a Trump soundbite that wasn't a gaffe. Same with the next hour's report.

Very different from their usual dog crap reporting.

This might explain why.