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CNN White House Producer Calls Out CNN Contributor For False Tweet

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Benny Johnson Columnist, Viral Politics
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American Urban Radio White House correspondent April Ryan tweeted a misleading comment about President Donald Trump’s celebration of America this afternoon at the White House. Trump held the event in place of the Eagles Super Bowl celebration, which was hastily canceled after only a handful of Eagles players decided to attend.

Ryan, a CNN contributor, tweeted out that as Trump began speaking at the event, the crowd “heckled and booed” him and that reporters have “confirmed” this.

Multiple reporters, including Daily Caller White House correspondent Saagar Enjeti, who was at the event, refuted this. Footage of the event shows that a single heckler began shouting at Trump as he began speaking, drawing the boos of the audience. CNN White House producer Noah Gray, who was at the event, fact-checked Ryan by tweeting, “This is not true.”

Ryan later deleted the tweet and corrected the record, saying, “Breaking: reporters are rewatching the event and found a heckler in the crowd started asking questions of Trump and the heckler was booed. The heckler was escorted out of the event. The boos were for the heckler.”

Ryan eventually sent a series of corrections, saying “The original breaking boo tweet was deleted as reporters on the South Lawn who told of the booing and heckling did not see all of what happened on the other side of the lawn. After the tape was watched the heckler was booed not Trump.”