Huffington Post issues major, story-altering corrections after spreading anti-Trump smear

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Few things are as exasperating as having to correct the same bogus news cycle twice. Yet, here we are.

The Huffington Post has a large glob of egg on its face Friday after it issued a major correction to an article about the official White House webpage.

The online news site reported originally that the Trump administration had “quietly” removed a 2014 sexual assault report from the White House website. The story leaned heavily on input from civil rights attorney and anti-Trump activist Alexandra Brodsky, who was among the first to notice that the sexual assault report, titled “Rape And Sexual Assault: Renewed Call To Action,” was missing from its normal spot.

Removing the report “is really a discouragement from action,” Brodsky told the Huffington Post. “That’s particularly troublesome when we know that the administration is actively considering undermining important policies for survivors like those reaffirmed by the Obama administration regarding Title IX.”

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