Embarrassment as Washington Post corrects its 'scoop' about Obama, Facebook and Russia

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The Washington Post has made a correction to an explosive cover story out Monday headlined, "Obama sought to prod Facebook on Russia role" that changes the whole premise of the article.

Fox News reports the problem is that when Obama reached out to Facebook in 2016 to discuss political disinformation spreading on the site, he didn’t actually call out Russia – making the Post’s headline misleading and inaccurate.

Or, as President Trump would call it, “fake news.”

After being called out, the Post added significant information to the digital version of the story and updated the headline.

It also added a statement from Facebook’s vice president of communications who said that Obama’s talk with Zuckerberg was about “misinformation and false news” and “did not include any references to possible foreign interference.”

Corrie O'Connor