WHOOPS!

NBC News was forced to issue an embarrassing correction after incorrectly reporting that President Trump had discussed former White House counsel Don McGhan’s potential testimony in the House with Russian President Vladimir Putin:

NBC issues a correction on claim Trump discussed McGhan's potential House testimony with Putin.https://t.co/eT3aojpUHI — Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 3, 2019

Here it is:

They just love giving Trump ammunition. pic.twitter.com/DZ6iX6yItO — BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019

The correction forced a slew of blue-check firefighters to delete their hot-takes. For example, Maggie Haberman, NYT:

My feed has been full of people lighting their hair on fire over this, but no harm no foul, I guess. https://t.co/W4r1GowhZf — BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019

Aaron Blake, Washington Post:

Seeing a lot of this right now. https://t.co/MSVs2W1Hbm — BT (@back_ttys) May 3, 2019

Laura Rozen, @AIMonitor:

And NBC’s own Kelly O’Donnell:

Well done, guys!

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