Huffington Post Issues Retraction Afer Publishing Doctored Video
Huffington Post issued a retracation earlier today after it published a video of Fox News’ John Gibson jokingly referring to Attorney General Eric Holder as a monkey with a “bright blue scrotum.”
There was just one problem: the video was doctored. Gibson never said it.
It was obviously the right decision to issue a retraction and apologize for running the video, but one wonders how it’s possible it was published in the first place.
The retraction, by the way, is clearly written in such a way that readers can’t be angry about it all; “Correction: John Gibson Did Not Refer to Eric Holder With Bright Blue Scrotum.” The title makes you laugh out loud and makes you forget the site ran a piece that should never have seen the light of day. Smart move then.
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