{"id":44354,"date":"2016-07-27T08:24:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T12:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=44354"},"modified":"2016-07-27T08:24:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T12:24:40","slug":"nbc-news-asked-to-issue-an-apology-over-false-erdogan-report-during-coup-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=44354","title":{"rendered":"NBC News asked to issue an apology over false Erdo\u011fan report during coup attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->RAGIP SOYLU<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Daily Sabah<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"DivImg\" class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ia.tmgrup.com.tr\/6bb77c\/645\/344\/0\/0\/2048\/1090?u=http:\/\/i.tmgrup.com.tr\/dailysabah\/2016\/07\/26\/1469480973856.jpg\" alt=\"A booth of NBC News and MSNBC is seen at the Wells Fargo Center on July 24, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AFP Photo)\" \/>A booth of NBC News and MSNBC is seen at the Wells Fargo Center on July 24, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AFP Photo)<\/h5>\n<div class=\"in\">\n<div class=\"txt\">\n<div class=\"txtIn\">\n<div class=\"txtInWrapper\">\n<p>Turkey asked on Monday for an apology from U.S.-based cable channel NBC News for its claim about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan&#8217;s whereabouts during the coup attempt in Turkey last Friday. The report by the channel, attributed to a senior U.S. defense official, falsely stated that Erdo\u011fan refused landing rights in Istanbul and was seeking asylum in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Erdo\u011fan proved the report wrong by arriving in Istanbul the night of the coup and giving a subsequent televised speech on the failed attempt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NBC producer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylegriffin1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kylegriffin1<\/a> blocked me bc I just asked his source.I guess he was just playing around during the coup <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgdUEUpRb5\">pic.twitter.com\/wgdUEUpRb5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Bilal Kenasari (@MBilalKenasari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBilalKenasari\/status\/757619122595389440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Turkish Embassy in Washington said in a letter that false reporting in such sensitive times for Turkey was a highly irresponsible act and further increased the already high amount of misinformation. The letter which was addressed to NBC News and producer Kyle Griffin, added: &#8220;It is outrageous that such important and sensitive information about the well-being of the Turkish President was handled in such an unprofessional way and was divulged without properly checking its validity and the credibility of the source.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NBC News withdrew its allegation later but it never acknowledged its mistake. Some Turkish and American citizens have been campaigning on Twitter against the channel and asking for a formal explanation. Hundreds of users tweeted on Monday under the hashtag &#8220;confrontNBC&#8221; and threatened the channel with a full scale protest outside the NBC HQ scheduled this week.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/diplomacy\/2016\/07\/25\/nbc-news-asked-to-issue-an-apology-over-false-erdogan-report-during-coup-attempt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}