Could this be a harbinger of things to come? Earlier Friday, President Donald Trump returned the bust of Winston Churchill that had been removed by Barack Obama. That set off a wave of speculation about what happened to the bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., that Obama put in to replace Churchill. Time reporter Zeke Miller initially tweeted that the MLK bust was removed, but that report was false. Miller later apologized to incoming press secretary Sean Spicer.
Twitchy noted:
But the damage was done as many other reporters went with Miller’s initial report. To his credit, Miller took full responsibility for the mistake and is apologizing to his fellow reporters over the error.
The Martin Luther King jr. Bust has been moved out of the Oval Office according The People Magazine DC Bureau Chief who was in there this pm
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) January 21, 2017
But, Miller later said, the bust was obscured by a door and an agent:
Correction: The MLK bust is still in the Oval Office. It was obscured by an agent and door.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 21, 2017
To his credit, Miller took responsibility for his mistake and apologized:
Tweeting again: wh aide confirms the MLK bust is still there. I looked for it in the oval 2x & didn't see it. My apologies to my colleagues
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 21, 2017
@justinsink @MikeDorning this was my screw up. apologies
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 21, 2017
He also apologized to Spicer, who graciously accepted:
.@PressSec This is on me, not my colleagues. I've been doing everything I can to fix my error. My apologies.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 21, 2017
Apology accepted https://t.co/dYqwRv1p0f
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) January 21, 2017
Spicer then issued some sage advice:
A reminder of the media danger of tweet first check facts later https://t.co/dYqwRv1p0f
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) January 21, 2017
Hopefully the Democrat-media complex will take notes…
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