Not before it was shared tens of thousands of times 
It was a mistake to tweet the report from Hankyoreh about comments purportedly made by the NSC’s Matt Pottinger without verification, and I’ve deleted it. The NSC has denied the report, calling it an “unsourced, unbylined, untrue accusation.”pic.twitter.com/AcYliD1zoB
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Some of these responses... "Whoops, sorry I claimed the administration wanted to nuke someone, my bad!" "You're awesome!"
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What are we going to do about the media? They should not have special protections to lie every single day to harm the President of the United States under some bygone cloak of credibility. They are not just annoying, they are dangerous with this kind of lie
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Interested Americans have to realize the MSM is no longer verifiers of the truth, nor do they seek it. It is their publically stated purpose to get POTUS removed from office and they will go to any length, any fabrication, any outright lie to accomplish their goal. There are many
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I feel like we have turned the corner and enough of the voters see whats been going on. I would say that the Democrats are done except in their stronghold areas.Their Anti-American rhetoric will make toss-up seats impossible for them to win. With that said-Keep Fighting!As will I
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Maybe the movement to "split" California to isolate the coastal ideologues will gain some support. What a boon that would be but most likely impossible.
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Still he did pretty much say it. And thank God you did tweet it, it will act as a check. We have fewer then you think
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So, thank you. Sorry if you’re taking heat for it
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@JChengWSJ you have no reason to apologize. You re-tweet tons of news items you don’t verify, from KCNA clippings to the Heritage Foundation. Please don’t censor your re-tweets because there are few journalists like you willing to share as much as you do across the pol spectrum.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I appreciate your tweeting of it (and your tweets in general).
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But it wasn’t true??? You “appreciate” being lied to?
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Seriously. Today’s journalists just lie. I fundamentally no longer believe anything reported. What a sad star of affairs.
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You quoted Hankyroeh & linked to an article. I fail to see how that makes you the bad guy. Your job is to inform us as to what Koreans are discussing. Linking to an article in the main news of S.Korea informs us of what Koreans are saying; only a fool would think you endorsed it
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Exactly! And it doesn't imply what is inside quotes is true. A headline that read, "Trump: "Obama's birth certificate is a fraud."" Is accurate reporting of what someone said - even though that person's statement is false. Gee, I wonder why NSC is so touchy about this?
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Let's see how many retweets this correction gets in comparison to your original fake news on Matthew Pottinger. Damage has been done.
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Like always
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U raised the red flag, we got the fact check and when u found the result, u correctly fixed it - end of this story, onto the next and better one
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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You are awesome.
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