ABC issues correction on report about Michael Flynn

ABC's famously error-prone chief investigative correspondent, Brian Ross was at it again on Friday when the network was forced to issue an embarrassing correction when Ross botched a bombshell "exclusive" about retired general Michael Flynn.

An ABC spokesperson declined to comment on whether Ross will be disciplined. He has not been sanctioned for past errors.

Ross's report, delivered live to ABC stations during a "special report" on Friday, said that Flynn would testify that Donald Trump had ordered him to make contact with Russians about foreign policy while he was still a candidate – which raised the specter of impeachment and sent the Dow careening down.

Later in the day, ABC issued a "clarification" to Ross's report, saying that Trump's alleged directive came during the transition, after he'd been elected president-- a key distinction.

After Ross misreported the news on Friday morning, he appeared on “World News Tonight” to correct himself.

“During a live Special Report, ABC News reported that a confidant of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Flynn was prepared to testify that then-candidate Donald Trump instructed him to contact Russian officials during the campaign,” the correction noted. “That source later clarified that during the campaign, Trump assigned Flynn and a small circle of other senior advisers to find ways to repair relations with Russia and other hot spots. It was shortly after the election, that President-elect Trump directed Flynn to contact Russian officials on topics that included working jointly against ISIS.”

Gee, is this reporting a false narrative, or just plain old F'N lying?

I wonder why he would need to report Flynn acted BEFORE the election  in making contact?

Oh, I know, the same reason no libs will answer my question about the same