SHOT. . .

The Daily Beast has an “EXCLUSIVE” report out today that Beto O’Rourke, in an upcoming HBO documentary, apologized to his staff for being a “giant a**hole”:

EXCLUSIVE: Beto O’Rourke apologizes to campaign staff for being a "giant asshole" https://t.co/Bggd3CIgSv — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 28, 2019

CHASER. . .

This exclusive was reported by NBC News on March 9:

March 9, 2019: "I know I was a giant asshole to be around sometimes," O'Rourke acknowledges at one point in the documentary to his top aides.https://t.co/ilIaWBiTlK https://t.co/xeuZeJ0O9U — Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) May 28, 2019

LOL. Maybe the Daily Beast didn’t want to give away the spoilers and that’s why they sat on the info that dozens of other journos already knew?

Not really sure why this is billed as “exclusive” since a bunch of reporters were at the SXSW debut of this doc like two and a half months ago. https://t.co/qFiiaxWBPV — Eric Bradner (@ericbradner) May 28, 2019

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