PBS News host Judy Woodruff on Wednesday admitted she spread disinformation by falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to approve a peace deal in order to hurt the Harris campaign.
"I want to clarify my remarks on the PBS News special on Monday night about the ongoing cease fire talks in the Middle East," Woodruff wrote 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. This was a mistake and I apologize for it."
I want to clarify my remarks on the PBS News special on Monday night about the ongoing cease fire talks in the Middle East. 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…
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) August 21, 2024
This was a rather remarkable and quite clever attempt to shift the blame for the Gaza Genocide away from Biden-Harris and onto Trump and it was spread to millions of people all over social media.