PBS News reporter Judy Woodruff issued a retraction on Wednesday after she falsely reported at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was trying to sabotage a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel because it would help Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I want to clarify my remarks on the PBS News special on Monday night about the ongoing cease fire talks in the Middle East,” she said in a post on X. “As I said, this was not based on my original reporting; I was referring to reports I had read, in Axios and Reuters, about former President Trump having spoken to the Israeli Prime Minister.”
“In the live TV moment, I repeated the story because I hadn’t seen later reporting that both sides denied it,” she continued. “This was a mistake and I apologize for it.”
Woodruff said on Monday night:…
