Associated Press this week posted a false report on a comment by GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance, and Democrats quickly grabbed it to use in their campaign, even though it was, in fact, deleted for being false.
The AP statement, later deleted, claimed JD Vance “says school shootings are a ‘fact of life.'”
The reality is that Vance said, “I don’t like that this is a fact of life.”
The legacy wire service announced, when it released a new statement, that it “replaces an earlier post that was deleted to add context to the partial quote from Vance.”
JD Vance says he laments that school shootings are a "fact of life" and says the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia.https://t.co/mdz0617PDl
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 6, 2024
The correction was seen by thousands even though the original incorrect posting was seen by millions. And the correction wasn’t used by Democrats, only the original.
JD Vance responds to the deadly shooting in Georgia by saying school shootings are just “a fact of life” and attacking common sense gun safety reform pic.twitter.com/ISNRuXneg6
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 6, 2024
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