Accuracy in Media

NBC retracted its false reporting that Michael Cohen’s phones were wiretapped prior to the FBI raiding his home, office and hotel room last month. NBC later changed its story. NBC then reported that investigators weren’t recording calls of Cohen, a longtime lawyer for President Donald Trump, but simply tracking phone numbers, or logging metadata about […]

President Donald Trump has railed against the mainstream media networks and outlets, calling them “fake news” and criticizing them for citing anonymous sources who have been later proven to be wrong on multiple stories. This latest example of fake news occurred when NBC News claimed that federal law enforcement was listening in on phone calls […]

Last week, NBC News and ABC News reported that federal law enforcement was wiretapping and listening into phone calls made to and from Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. But both media networks had to retract their initial reporting because there was no wiretapping of Cohen’s phone lines. Instead, the federal authorities obtained a register of calls […]

A federal judge in New York is still deciding who should get to review the materials seized in a no-knock raid on the home, hotel room and office of Michael Cohen, who is one of President Trump’s attorneys. Cohen has not been charged with anything. But according to the Washington Post and another bevy of […]