{"id":229150,"date":"2021-03-16T11:01:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=229150"},"modified":"2021-03-16T11:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:01:23","slug":"news-outlets-issue-major-corrections-after-botching-reports-on-december-phone-call-between-trump-ga-election-investigator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-outlets-issue-major-corrections-after-botching-reports-on-december-phone-call-between-trump-ga-election-investigator\/","title":{"rendered":"News Outlets Issue Major Corrections After Botching Reports On December Phone Call Between Trump, GA Election Investigator"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnews-outlets-issue-major-corrections-after-botching-reports-on-december-phone-call-between-trump-ga-election-investigator%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=229150&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1245.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>At least two major news outlets have issued corrections following the publication of an audio recording of a December phone call between then-President Donald Trump and a top Georgia elections investigator.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal published audio last week of a December 23 phone call between Trump and Frances Watson, the chief investigator of the Georgia Secretary of State\u2019s office. The audio recording debunked multiple news reports that attributed fake quotes to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports by CNN and The Washington Post said that Trump urged Watson to \u201cfind the fraud,\u201d telling her she would be a \u201cnational hero,\u201d according to archived versions of the stories. The president said neither line, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/recording-of-trump-phone-call-to-georgia-lead-investigator-reveals-new-details-11615411561\">audio recording<\/a>, and the lines have been cut from both stories. Both outlets cited a single source familiar with the call. It is unknown whether each outlet spoke with the same anonymous source to get the falsified quotes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won everything but Georgia, and I won Georgia, I know that, by a lot, and the people know it, and something happened there, something bad happened,\u201d Trump said on the call. \u201cI hope you go back two years as opposed to just checking one against the other because that would just be sort of a signature check that doesn\u2019t mean anything. But if you go back two years, and if you can get to [Fulton County], you are going to find things that are unbelievable. The dishonesty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson answered: \u201cI can assure you that our team and the [Georgia Bureau of Investigation], that we are only interested in the truth and finding the information that is based on the facts. We\u2019ve been working 12-16 hour days and, you know, we\u2019re working through it. So I can assure you that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the call, Trump told Watson that \u201cwhen the right answer comes out, you\u2019ll be praised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, The Washington Post issued a lengthy correction to the top of its article, originally published on January 9 under the headline \u201c\u2018Find the fraud\u2019: Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction.\u201d The correction says:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12.727496917386\">\n<p><em>Correction: Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump\u2019s December phone call with the state\u2019s top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump\u2019s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to \u201cfind the fraud\u201d or say she would be \u201ca national hero\u201d if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find \u201cdishonesty\u201d there. He also told her that she had \u201cthe most important job in the country right now.\u201d A story about the recording <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-call-georgia-investigator\/2021\/03\/11\/c532ea2e-827a-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\">can be found here<\/a>. The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN issued an editor\u2019s note to the top of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/09\/politics\/trump-phone-call-georgia-investigator-2020-election\/index.html\">article<\/a> on Monday that says:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8.5263157894737\">\n<p><em>An earlier version of this story, published January 9, presented paraphrasing of the President\u2019s comments to the Georgia elections investigator as direct quotes. The story has been updated following the discovery of an audio recording of the call.&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/14\/politics\/trump-phone-call-georgia-investigator-trash-folder\/index.html\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fulton-county-is-at-the-center-of-georgias-election-dysfunction-here-are-some-of-the-key-moments\">Fulton County Is At The Center Of Georgia\u2019s Election \u2018Dysfunction.\u2019 Here Are Some Of The Key Moments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least two major news outlets have issued corrections following the publication of an audio recording of a December phone call between then-President Donald Trump and a top Georgia elections &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310569,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1245.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"News Outlets Issue Major Corrections After Botching Reports On December Phone Call Between Trump, GA Election Investigator","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1245.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"News Outlets Issue Major Corrections After Botching Reports On December Phone Call Between Trump, GA Election Investigator","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}