MSNBC's Witt did not note McCain falsehoods in Anbar statement or in later campaign statement purporting to defend it
July 23, 2008 7:35 pm ET
SUMMARY: On MSNBC Live, Alex Witt uncritically repeated a statement by McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds defending a false statement by Sen. John McCain made the previous day during an interview with CBS, the video clip of which CBS edited to expunge the falsehood. But Witt did not note that Bounds inaccurately represented McCain's original statement or that McCain's statement was itself false.






