Keith Olbermann will air a correction to his report in which he
incorrectedly quoted Rudy Giuliani as saying that Democrats would
invite Osama bin Laden to the White House, according to an MSNBC
spokeswoman.
"There will be a correction on tonight's show, and Keith will
apologize," said spokeswoman Alana Russo.
The controversy started on Monday when the AP ran a story
quoting Guiliani as saying if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton were
elected "we'll invite (Iranian President
Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad to the White House, we'll invite Osama (bin
Laden) to the White House." Keith
Olbermann fumed on his Tuesday show, "A year before the election
and Rudy Giuliani is already publicly contending the Democrats are
willing to invite Osama bin Laden to the White House to negotiate.
Sure they are, buster." Along with guest Arianna Huffington, he
accused Giuliani of being a liar.
In fact, Giuliani said
Assad, not Osama. As in, Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad. Following a report on this blog, the AP corrected its story.
Though video of Giuliani's actual remarks aired on his show,
Olbermann had avoided
correcting the error up until now.
topics:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iran
