Eliana Johnson

Well, that's where the malice comes in, where not only have you been apprised that you made a factual error that impugned somebody's character. by saying a falsehood about them on national television, you then go and repeat it and dig your heels in once again on national television.

Well, that's where the malice comes in, where not only have you been apprised that you made a factual error that impugned somebody's character. by saying a falsehood about them on national television, you then go and repeat it and dig your heels in once again on national television.

And so that I think is actually pretty good grounds for showing malice, where you say, not only did I do it the first time, but I was right. I was right. No apologies. Because the pretty easy way to get out of these things is to do what ABC News has now done, where you put a correction up and say, We regret the error.

And so that I think is actually pretty good grounds for showing malice, where you say, not only did I do it the first time, but I was right. I was right. No apologies. Because the pretty easy way to get out of these things is to do what ABC News has now done, where you put a correction up and say, We regret the error.

And so that I think is actually pretty good grounds for showing malice, where you say, not only did I do it the first time, but I was right. I was right. No apologies. Because the pretty easy way to get out of these things is to do what ABC News has now done, where you put a correction up and say, We regret the error.

But that is not that is not the attitude that George Stephanopoulos took in the Stephen Colbert interview after the litigation had been filed.

But that is not that is not the attitude that George Stephanopoulos took in the Stephen Colbert interview after the litigation had been filed.

But that is not that is not the attitude that George Stephanopoulos took in the Stephen Colbert interview after the litigation had been filed.

You know, the most astonishing thing in the Acosta Stelter clip is that they're defending as some matter of journalistic integrity, the right to say false things about the president of the United States and to misinform their viewers on national television.

You know, the most astonishing thing in the Acosta Stelter clip is that they're defending as some matter of journalistic integrity, the right to say false things about the president of the United States and to misinform their viewers on national television.

You know, the most astonishing thing in the Acosta Stelter clip is that they're defending as some matter of journalistic integrity, the right to say false things about the president of the United States and to misinform their viewers on national television.

One would think the reaction would be, you know, this is unfortunate, but we have such a major responsibility that we do pay a price when we screw up And don't correct ourselves promptly and tell our viewers the truth in a prompt manner. And fortunately here at CNN, we don't have anything to worry about because we just strive to bring viewers the truth and the straight facts every day.

One would think the reaction would be, you know, this is unfortunate, but we have such a major responsibility that we do pay a price when we screw up And don't correct ourselves promptly and tell our viewers the truth in a prompt manner. And fortunately here at CNN, we don't have anything to worry about because we just strive to bring viewers the truth and the straight facts every day.

One would think the reaction would be, you know, this is unfortunate, but we have such a major responsibility that we do pay a price when we screw up And don't correct ourselves promptly and tell our viewers the truth in a prompt manner. And fortunately here at CNN, we don't have anything to worry about because we just strive to bring viewers the truth and the straight facts every day.

But I mean, this is not the one I would really try to stand on principle on.

But I mean, this is not the one I would really try to stand on principle on.

But I mean, this is not the one I would really try to stand on principle on.

Yeah. You get it now, right? We all, we all understand it.

Yeah. You get it now, right? We all, we all understand it.

Yeah. You get it now, right? We all, we all understand it.