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NewsBusters’ Curtis Houck documented both the error and what came next: MS NOW’s PR account on X did not issue an apology, acknowledgment, or correction of any kind. The graphic was wrong. The anchor was wrong. The premise of the entire segment involving Leavitt was wrong. The network said nothing.
The fake Turkey story is just one entry in a long list of fabricated Leavitt narratives that circulated this week. The media also promoted the theory that Leavitt was fired rather than resigning voluntarily to spend time with her family after having her second child. This too was false, confirmed by Trump himself and by everyone with actual knowledge of the situation. The press corps that complains about being misled by the administration manufactured two separate false stories about the departing press secretary in the span of one news cycle.
The broader Turkey incident deserves the same honest treatment. Trump’s Secret Service detail moved him to a different aircraft amid credible Iranian assassination threats. They used a catering truck. The operation worked. The media was not informed in advance — because informing the media in advance of classified security maneuvers during an active assassination threat is not how security operations work. The same press corps that ran classified munitions details on CBS News last week is now outraged that classified security details weren’t provided to them during a threat against the president’s life.
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