MLK bust reported 'removed' from the Oval Office
On Inauguration Day, a White House pool report and TIME's Zeke Miller reported that a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been taken out of the Oval Office.
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What was reported
On Inauguration Day, a White House pool report and TIME's Zeke Miller reported that a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been taken out of the Oval Office.
What actually happened
The bust had not moved and was still in the room. Within about 40 minutes a White House aide told Miller the bust was still there, and he sent a correction to the press pool, corrected the TIME story, tweeted the correction and apologized. The White House still cited the error repeatedly, and TIME published a note to readers rejecting the claim that it was deliberate.
The proof
TIME's 'A Note to Our Readers' gives the timeline: pool report at 7:31 p.m., the aide's text at 8:10 p.m., and Miller's emailed correction at about 8:12 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2017. This was a brief error, corrected the same evening.
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MLK bust reported 'removed' from the Oval Office — Retracted. TIME's 'A Note to Our Readers' gives the timeline: pool report at 7:31 p.m., the aide's text at 8:10 p.m., and Miller's emailed correction at about 8:12 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2017. This was a brief error, corrected the same evening. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/mlk-bust-oval-office/
Original reporting
- HuffPost: Time stands by reporter who owned up to the MLK bust errorhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/time-mlk-bust-reporter-oval-office_n_5887bbe6e4b0b481c76b8a37
Corrections, findings & records
- TIME: A Note to Our Readers (correction timeline)https://time.com/4645541/donald-trump-white-house-oval-office
Archived copies
Stories get edited after publication. These open the Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of each original.
- Archived copy: HuffPost: Time stands by reporter who owned up to the MLK bust errorhttps://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/time-mlk-bust-reporter-oval-office_n_5887bbe6e4b0b481c76b8a37