The press has had a rough 24 hours and they only have themselves to blame.

First, there was the telephone game turned Washington Post report, suggesting Trump called a handful of developing countries “shitholes.” Trump denies the claims.



Evidently, that wasn’t embarrassment enough. Shortly thereafter, unconfirmed reports suggested American ambassadors to Haiti and Panama resigned as a result ShitholeGate.

#BREAKING Media reports: The US Ambassador to #Haiti and the US Ambassador to #Panama have resigned, amid uproar over offensive remarks attributed to @POTUS. — Cindy Saine (@cindysaine) January 12, 2018

Except currently, we have no ambassador to Haiti.

There is currently no US Ambassador to #Haiti. The job has remained vacant since the last one resigned. https://t.co/FNMk6fmW0R — Jacqueline Charles (@Jacquiecharles) January 12, 2018

Frustrating to watch reporters spread "US Ambassador to Haiti has resigned" tweet without any info. We have an acting and a designee. — Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) January 12, 2018

So widespread was the disinformation, that the State Department issued a statement correcting the record.

Oops?

Then there was this tweet (now deleted) from an MSNBC segment editor, claiming our ambassador to Panama resigned in the aftermath of ShitholeGate:

Only he didn’t resign because of ShitholeGate:

Important update: the State Department now says Feeley resigned over 24 hours ago – *before* the president's reported "sh*thole" comments. — Mary Emily O’Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) January 12, 2018

“Phrasing was misleading”? Is that what we call contrived, unconfirmed reporting now?

I deleted an earlier tweet about Ambassador Feeley's resignation over concerns the phrasing was misleading. Feeley resigned December 27th, according to the State Dept. In the resignation letter read to @reuters, he cited political conflict with the current president's policies. — Mary Emily O’Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) January 12, 2018

Meanwhile, MSNBC is still pretending they’re right:

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Never let a good story get in the way of the truth, they always say (probably).



