Fox News chief White House correspondent John Roberts called out CNN on Tuesday for incorrectly telling their viewers that there was a White House press briefing scheduled.
CNN had a blip on the lower right-hand corner of their broadcast on Tuesday claiming that a White House briefing was going to start soon. According to the White House daily guidance, there is no press briefing scheduled today.
CNN Falsely Claims There Is A Briefing (CNN: June 26, 2018)
Fox News’ John Roberts tweeted about the mistake and reassured his viewers that there is no briefing.
“.@cnn showing bug that reads “soon on CNN – White House Briefing” Note to @FoxNews viewers. There is no briefing today,” Roberts tweeted.
.@cnn showing bug that reads “soon on CNN – White House Briefing” Note to @FoxNews viewers. There is no briefing today.
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) June 26, 2018
Christopher Smith also contributed to this report.