Last week, CBS News admitted to an “editing mistake” after it got caught using footage of an overwhelmed Italian hospital while describing the coronavirus conditions in New York City.
In a statement to Fox News, a CBS spokesperson acknowledged the mistake and assured that it “took immediate steps to remove it from all platforms and shows.”
After @CBSNews was called out for airing footage of a hospital in Italy and saying it was New York, they apologized and said it was an error.
Less than a week later, they aired the same footage, this time when talking about Pennsylvania.
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— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) April 8, 2020
Yet, despite the admission and supposed subsequent actions, CBS News has continued to use the misleading footage. In a news segment April 4, the outlet used the footage again, this time while discussing the coronavirus outbreak in Pennsylvania. – READ MORE
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