CNN's Blitzer aired spliced video in support of false assertion that McCain "quickly corrected" Al Qaeda-Iran gaffe
On the March 18 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, discussing Sen. John McCain's false claim that Iranian operatives are "taking Al Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back," which McCain made during a press conference in Amman, Jordan, that day, host Wolf Blitzer falsely asserted that McCain "quickly corrected [the misstatement] after some prodding from his Senate colleague, Joe Lieberman [I-CT]." Blitzer then aired a spliced video of McCain's "misstatement" -- "We continue to be concerned about Iranian -- taking the Al Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back. We continue to be concerned about Iranian influence and assistance to Hezbollah, as well as Iranian pursuit of nuclear weapons" -- immediately followed by McCain's "correct[ion]": "I'm sorry. The Iranians are training extremists, not al Qaeda, not al Qaeda. I'm sorry." CNN gave no indication that the video had been spliced or that any time had elapsed between McCain's misstatement and correction.
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