Fox News Accidentally Publishes Draft Report on McCabe Firing (He Has Not Been Fired Yet)

[highplainsdem]

From Mediaite this evening:


https://www.mediaite.com/online/fox-news-accidentally-publishes-draft-report-on-mccabe-firing-he-has-not-been-fired-yet/

Fox News accidentally jumped the gun a little today, briefly publishing the draft of a report prepared in the case that outgoing FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe got fired.

There have been reports that McCabe may get fired before his retirement officially starts this weekend and lose his pension, following a recommendation from the disciplinary office.

Well, with so much attention on what AG Jeff Sessions will decide, Fox News accidentally published a pre-write with some details before any announcement was made:

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The post was up on the site for around 45 minutes before being taken down.

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A Fox News VP sent a statement to Mediaite saying they "sincerely regret this serious error."



Here's Brian Stelter's tweet with an image showing the text of the Fox News story about the "stunning blow" to McCabe:

Link to tweet

[nolabear]

1. The Justice Dept., you say?

Sure.

[Doodley]

2. More collusion evidence between Fox News and Trump, showing Fox is Trump's mouthpiece

[OnDoutside]

3. 5 minutes to midnight tomorrow night...... wouldn't be surprised

[highplainsdem]

4. Now that McCabe has been fired, Fox has the stoty back up. Apparently they were tipped off.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/16/former-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-fired.html

[dalton99a]

7. Obviously

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Lawrence is talking about this now. Is there a way to get this to him pronto?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Kind of like when Comey was fired

The Trump administration talks tough but they're really a bunch of spineless weasels.