By Brooke Mallory, OAN Staff
Thursday, August 22, 2024 11:45 AM
“PBS NewsHour” host Judy Woodruff apologized Wednesday after reporting certain stories about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former President Donald Trump, which both strongly denied.
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In a stiff apology on Twitter (X), Woodruff suggested that Trump, in order to advance his own political campaign, falsely claimed he had advised Netanyahu to delay an agreement between Israel and Hamas on Israeli hostages until after the 2024 presidential election.
She blamed other media outlets. Axios and Routers She herself spread false information.
“This was a mistake and we apologize,” Woodruff said.
Woodruff is a veteran industry expert who has covered politics and other news for more than 30 years with CNN, NBC and PBS. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
“Former President Trump reportedly spoke to the Israeli prime minister by phone and urged him not to make a deal right now because he believes it would favor the Harris campaign,” Woodruff said during the network’s news show on Monday.
But the following day, Woodruff’s report was denounced by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. A representative for Netanyahu said: Jerusalem Post The media outlet reported last week that the anchor had spread a “complete lie.”
In a separate statement, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office also fired back. AxiosReports that the Prime Minister and President Trump spoke by phone on August 14thNumber Regarding the ceasefire agreement and the Gaza hostage issue, last Friday, Axios The false statement was retracted and the article was revised to include Prime Minister Netanyahu’s denial.
Trump last spoke with Netanyahu in July when the prime minister visited Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. At a press conference in New Jersey last week, Trump reiterated information about Israel’s Gaza conflict that he had given Netanyahu during their previous meeting.
Woodruff was also criticized early Wednesday by Rep. Mike Walz (R-Fla.) for making false statements.
“Judy Woodruff needs to retract her statement, if she has any journalistic integrity at all, that Donald Trump is actively working with Bibi Netanyahu to delay or derail the hostage deal for political reasons,” Waltz said. “This is false and absurd, and by the way, Mr. Netanyahu, and please take my word for it or his campaign, his office categorically denies it.”
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