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ABC Corrects Cooper-Libby-Rove Error

ABC reported this morning that Time Reporter Matt Cooper told Good Morning America that Lewis Libby had identified Valerie Plame Wilson as an undercover operative to him.

Bloggers knew this was a bogus report. ABC has now corrected its error. [Note: The article is still misleading in reporting that "One of the reporters at the center of the investigation into the leak of the identity of an undercover CIA officer, says he first learned the agent's name from President Bush's top political advisor, Karl Rove." Rove never used the name Valerie Plame when talking to Cooper.]

Bloggers on the ball: Firedoglake, Mark Kleiman (who posts the text of the original report)and Talkleft (see comments)

The transcript is not up on lexis yet, I searched. I think the ABC article got it wrong, but we'll see.

Patriot Daily was the first to alert me to the suspect article.

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    Re: ABC Corrects Cooper-Libby-Rove Error (none / 0) (#1)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:38 PM EST
    TL, I followed your link and posted the updated quotes, at the bottom of the article you linked to was "This update corrects two errors in an earlier version of the story, which referred to Nigeria instead of Niger, and stated that Libby in his conversations with a Time reporter referred to Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative. ABC News regrets the error." So did I get it wrong, did ABC get it wrong or did you?

    Re: ABC Corrects Cooper-Libby-Rove Error (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:38 PM EST
    Sailor, I just edited the post to make it more clear. Neither Rove nor Libby ever used Valerie Plame's name with Cooper. Libby never identified Wilson's wife as a covert operative for the CIA. Read the Cooper quotes here.

    Re: ABC Corrects Cooper-Libby-Rove Error (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:05:41 PM EST
    Toot toot! That's the sound of my own horn, reporting on the change over at Dkos. When I saw the original article I thought, "Wow, Good Morning America drops a bombshell!" I figured it had to be a misprint. They couldn't figure out the diff between Niger and Nigeria either, apparently. Anyhow, important catch. Thanks for broadcasting it.