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| NY Times requests Fox News apology for 'malicious and inaccurate segment' | NY Times requests Fox News apology for 'malicious and inaccurate segment' |
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| Story on Fox & Friends prompted Trump to tweet that the ‘failing’ New York Times had ‘foiled’ an attempt to kill Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | |
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| Mon 24 Jul 2017 13.46 BST | |
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| The New York Times has asked the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends to apologize for a “malicious and inaccurate segment” about the newspaper, intelligence leaks and Islamic State that aired on Saturday, apparently prompting a critical tweet from Donald Trump. | The New York Times has asked the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends to apologize for a “malicious and inaccurate segment” about the newspaper, intelligence leaks and Islamic State that aired on Saturday, apparently prompting a critical tweet from Donald Trump. |
| The Times published a story on Sunday that said Trump was in error when he tweeted on Saturday morning that the “failing” New York Times “foiled” a government attempt to kill Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. | The Times published a story on Sunday that said Trump was in error when he tweeted on Saturday morning that the “failing” New York Times “foiled” a government attempt to kill Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. |
| Trump’s full tweet read: “The Failing New York Times foiled US attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi. Their sick agenda over national security.” | Trump’s full tweet read: “The Failing New York Times foiled US attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi. Their sick agenda over national security.” |
| The Times noted that the Department of Defense issued a news release more than three weeks before the Times article that could have tipped off al-Baghdadi. The paper also said the Pentagon “raised no objections” with it before the 2015 article on the intelligence gleaned from the raid was published. | The Times noted that the Department of Defense issued a news release more than three weeks before the Times article that could have tipped off al-Baghdadi. The paper also said the Pentagon “raised no objections” with it before the 2015 article on the intelligence gleaned from the raid was published. |
| Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said she had requested an “on-air apology and tweet” from Fox & Friends. | Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said she had requested an “on-air apology and tweet” from Fox & Friends. |
| The Fox & Friends segment in question referred to comments by Gen Tony Thomas, the head of US special operations command, who said his team was “close” to al-Baghdadi after a 2015 raid but the “lead went dead” after it “was leaked in a prominent national newspaper”. | The Fox & Friends segment in question referred to comments by Gen Tony Thomas, the head of US special operations command, who said his team was “close” to al-Baghdadi after a 2015 raid but the “lead went dead” after it “was leaked in a prominent national newspaper”. |
| The Times, Rhoades Ha wrote, took issue with a Fox & Friends host saying al-Baghdadi “was able to sneak away under the cover of darkness after a New York Times story” in 2015, and a host’s comment that the US government “would have had al-Baghdadi based on the intelligence that we had except someone leaked information to the failing New York Times”. | The Times, Rhoades Ha wrote, took issue with a Fox & Friends host saying al-Baghdadi “was able to sneak away under the cover of darkness after a New York Times story” in 2015, and a host’s comment that the US government “would have had al-Baghdadi based on the intelligence that we had except someone leaked information to the failing New York Times”. |
| The Fox story said Thomas “appeared to be referring to a New York Times report in June 2015 that detailed how American intelligence agencies had ‘extracted valuable information”’. | The Fox story said Thomas “appeared to be referring to a New York Times report in June 2015 that detailed how American intelligence agencies had ‘extracted valuable information”’. |
| (UPDATED) U.S. General: Leak let ISIS leader slip away pic.twitter.com/wNJgQqOK1b | (UPDATED) U.S. General: Leak let ISIS leader slip away pic.twitter.com/wNJgQqOK1b |
| On Monday, Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy replayed Thomas’s comments and noted that the Times had published its explanation, directing viewers to the newspaper’s statement, posted on Foxnews.com. He did not apologise. | On Monday, Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy replayed Thomas’s comments and noted that the Times had published its explanation, directing viewers to the newspaper’s statement, posted on Foxnews.com. He did not apologise. |
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