When the New England Patriots were invited to the White House this week, The New York Times tweeted pictures comparing their visit in 2015 to their trip to President Donald Trump’s White House. At first, the photos seemed to show a stark contrast between the sizes of the crowds, but the story turned out to be a total misrepresentation of the facts. Sports editor Jason Stallman issued an epic apology, completely taking the blame for the mistake.
On Friday’s “The Glenn Beck Radio Program,” Glenn Beck praised Stallman for his honesty and wholehearted willingness to take the blame. In the initial tweet, the crowd of players appeared to be much larger in the photo from the Patriots’ visit to President Barack Obama’s White House in comparison with their photo with Trump. But it was later discovered that the 2015 photo that the Times tweeted also included staffers, while the 2017 picture only snapped the players, while staffers sat on the White House south lawn.
Stallman apologized profusely for the error in an email to the Washington Post, writing, “I wish I could say it’s complicated, but no, this one is pretty straightforward: I’m an idiot. It was my idea, it was my execution, it was my blunder. I made a decision in about four minutes that clearly warranted much more time.”
Glenn commended his openness: “Is that the greatest apology you have ever heard? That guy is one of my new heroes.”
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BlazeTV Staff
