{"id":63279,"date":"2021-05-02T12:44:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T16:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63279"},"modified":"2021-05-02T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T16:44:56","slug":"cias-mockingbird-media-admits-outright-false-statements-about-rudy-giuliani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63279","title":{"rendered":"CIA&#8217;s Mockingbird Media Admits Outright False Statements About Rudy Giuliani"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New York Times, WaPo, NBC forced to retract false claims about Giuliani<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Kathianne Boniello<br \/>\nNew York Post<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"standard-article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618&amp;h=410&amp;crop=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 618px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300&amp;h=200&amp;crop=1 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618&amp;h=410&amp;crop=1 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=600&amp;h=400&amp;crop=1 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236&amp;h=820&amp;crop=1 1236w\" alt=\"Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the 2018 Iran Freedom Convention in Washington.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text featured\">Multiple outlets had to correct recent reporting on the raid of Rudy Giuliani&#8217;s NYC home and office.<span class=\"credit img__credit\">Joshua Roberts\/Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The New York Times, Washington Post and NBC News all issued retractions Saturday for their coverage of Rudy Giuliani following a raid of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/29\/rudy-giuliani-raid-may-be-tied-to-voicemail-on-burner-phone\/\">Manhattan apartment<\/a>\u00a0by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The Times appended their correction to a story about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/29\/nyregion\/giuliani-yovanovitch-search-warrant-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the role Giuliani may have played<\/a>\u00a0in the 2019 recall of ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch and whether he received a warning from the FBI about Russian disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn earlier version of this article misstated whether Rudolph W. Giuliani received a formal warning from the F.B.I. about Russian disinformation. Mr. Giuliani did not receive such a so-called defensive briefing,\u201d The Times wrote Saturday in a note attached to the piece.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post\u2019s correction, on a story about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/rudy-giuliani-fbi-warning-russia\/2021\/04\/29\/5db90f96-a84e-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prominent Americans being targeted<\/a>\u00a0by Russian disinformation, was similar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn earlier version of this story, published Thursday, incorrectly reported that One America News was warned by the FBI that it was the target of a Russian influence operation,\u201d the paper said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-18129234 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"An NYPD officer places barricades outside the apartment building of Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>An NYPD officer places barricades outside Rudy Giuliani\u2019s apartment building during the raid on April 28, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andrew Kelly\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat version also said the FBI had provided a similar warning to Rudolph W. Giuliani, which he has since disputed. This version has been corrected to remove assertions that OAN and Giuliani received the warnings.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-inline-default\"><img class=\"wp-image-18129247 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=600 600w\" alt=\"Rudy Giuliani is spotted in New York City after having his apartment raided by Federal Investigators.\" width=\"300\" height=\"471\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/rudy-giuliani-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=600 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Rudy Giuliani seen in NYC on May 1, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TheImageDirect.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBC News also issued a mea culpa,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/giuliani-received-2019-briefing-fbi-warning-he-was-target-russian-n1265971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claiming its reporting<\/a>\u00a0was based on a source but that a second source \u201cnow says the briefing was only prepared for Giuliani and not delivered to him, in part over concerns it might complicate the criminal investigation of Giuliani. As a result, the premise and headline of the article below have been changed to reflect the corrected information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani seized on the corrections, tweeting demands for the news organizations to reveal their sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did the original false information come from?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\">@MSNBC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\">@CNN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\">@nytimes<\/a>\u00a0I couldn\u2019t quite hear your apology?\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudyGiuliani\/status\/1388617714655240193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giuilani tweeted Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He followed up with a second tweet slamming the Washington Post\u2019s story as \u201cdefamatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Washington Post and NYTNYT must reveal their sources who lied and targeted an American Citizen.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/msnbc?src=hashtag_click\">#msnbc<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cnn?src=hashtag_click\">#cnn<\/a>\u00a0forgot to mention the corrections today.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fakenews?src=hashtag_click\">#fakenews<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/badpeople?src=hashtag_click\">#badpeople<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudyGiuliani\/status\/1388620094595637252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he posted.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/01\/new-york-times-wapo-nbc-forced-to-retract-false-claims-about-giuliani\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/01\/new-york-times-wapo-nbc-forced-to-retract-false-claims-about-giuliani\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times, WaPo, NBC forced to retract false claims about Giuliani<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}