NBC tried to get sneaky and change an article about citing a senior U.S. official, first reported that the:
“Kremlin gave the White House the choice of either Griner or Whelan — or none.”
So, we gave up an international arms dealer who supplied munitions to groups wanting to attack Americans for a basketball player who hates America instead of a veteran of the United States Marines. Griner has a criminal history in the United States for domestic violence. Evidently, someone in the White House read the story and someone contacted NBC complaining about the accurate story. NBC immediately altered the story without informing their readers of the change.
How many of you would have preferred to get Paul Whelan back? I mean, he did not smuggle drugs into Russia. Imagine being him and realizing he was passed over for a criminal in two countries. That must have been devastating for him and for his family. The White House is busy doing damage control by trotting out all the usual suspects to say that Joe Biden was not given a choice. Now, NBC would gladly print lies that they can use to bash President Trump, but they would not harm Joe Biden no matter how truthful the charge is.
Rikki Ratliff-Fellman, director of programming at Blaze Media, noted how utterly different the two stories they posted were. If a mistake is made, the editors always make a note of the correction, but not when they are trying to exonerate the Democrats. That they would hide.
Ratliff-Fellman highlighted the changes in a Tweet, posing the question, “Why the cover-up?”:
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELIt appears @NBCNews made a MAJOR change to their Griner story WITHOUT an editorial note. It changes the context of the prisoner trade story and takes heat off of White House. Why the cover-up? pic.twitter.com/tW1ANgbeYM
— Reality Czar Rikki (@rikkiratliff) December 8, 2022
NBC News issued a report contradicting the Biden administration’s official narrative concerning the government’s prisoner swap with Russia. Apparently hoping no one would take notice, the news organization quickly changed its original report without signaling it had done so.
While ostensibly intended to buttress the Biden administration’s claims about its inability to bring home former Marine Paul Whelan, NBC News’ stealth edit has prompted some to wonder what actually went on behind the scenes.
Only after being met with criticism online and a request for comment from TheBlaze did the news organization offer a retroactive correction hours later.
However, NBC News, citing a senior U.S. official, first reported that the “Kremlin gave the White House the choice of either Griner or Whelan — or none.”
It also happens to buttress the tale told by President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other members of the administration and mainstream media.
Biden said, “This was not a choice of which American to bring home. … Sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons, Russia is treating Paul’s case differently than Brittney’s.”
Joe Biden:
"This was not a choice of which American to bring home." pic.twitter.com/Ny8PDo2P1S
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 8, 2022
Blinken said:
“This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none.”
.@SecBlinken: "This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none." https://t.co/zY0wl6Fe2e pic.twitter.com/RTA0pbo9ef
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2022
Jean-Pierre recycled the line, saying:
“The choice was to bring Brittney home or no one. The president will never stop working to secure Paul Whelan’s release.”
Jean-Pierre:
"The choice was bring Brittney home or no one. The president will never stop working to secure Paul Whelan's release." pic.twitter.com/CQNK07z98T
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) December 8, 2022
Better luck next time.
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