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Re: my posts here and here

It looks like NBC is looking into whether or not there was eavvesdropping on the CNN journalist,  Yestreday, NBC released the following statement:

"Unfortunately this transcript was released prematurely. It was a topic on which we had not completed our reporting, and it was not broadcast on ‘NBC Nightly News’ nor on any other NBC News program. We removed that section of the transcript so that we may further continue our inquiry."

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Blogometer surveys the reaction.  Favorite comment comes from Josh Marshall:

"Despite the fact that it’s framed as a question, Mitchell inevitably becomes in some sense a fact witness for the underlying claim. She legitimizes the question and strongly suggests she has at least some evidence that it is true. Okay, so someone at NBC screwed up. Mistakes happen. But the bell can’t be unrung."