"NBC admits Chuck Todd's 'Meet the Press' deceptively edited Barr remarks on Flynn' -- Fox News
"NBC Admits Chuck Todd Deceptively Edited AG Bill Barr's Remarks" -- Michael Berry in a meme and video viral on the Internet.
Trouble is, Chuck Todd didn't admit to deceptively editing Barr's remarks.
CBS had asked Barr how history would view the Michael Flynn decision. "History is written by the winners, so it largely depends on who is writing the history," Barr said with a laugh. Todd played the quote and took him to task for it. Barr went on to say, "But I think a fair history would say it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law." Trump supporters were angered that the full quote was included. Todd apologized that is wasn't. But, he said, "We did not edit that out. That was not our edit. We didn't include it because we only saw the shorter of two clips."
So, Fox News is a lie. Chuck Todd had not "deceptively edited Barr remarks." Todd wasn't trying to be deceptive and, he notes, his network didn't do the editing of the sound bite.
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