Accuracy in Media

Cover-up? Or trying to bury the story? Or both? State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the agency had “exhausted” its efforts to investigate the incident through an earlier inquiry, The Hill reported. The deleted section of the 2013 press briefing showed Jen Psaki, a top administration spokeswoman, acknowledging that the administration had misled media about secret nuclear talks between the […]

Wow, that’s a bit arrogant to say that out loud and in public, isn’t it? It was an edit of a video, but it was made, it was done in secret and the Iran deal narrative was undermined in that edited clip. Photo by Österreichisches Außenministerium

Jason Chaffetz, who is the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is demanding the names of those who had access to the video that was edited by the State Department. Photo by BrookingsInst

Dang, talk about shade/throwing the State Department under the bus! White House press secretary Josh Earnest said a decision at the State Department to selectively edit out a portion of the press briefing dealing with the Iran nuclear deal would never happen on his watch. “I feel quite confident in saying that no one would […]