Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who made brief remarks at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, chided NBC News for a tweet she called “evil and misleading.”
The fur was triggered by a tweet from NBC News that went out after giving a one-minute nomination speech for sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
The tweet read, “In one of the shortest speeches of the DNC, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Joe Biden did not endorse:” I hereby second the nomination of scenario Bernard Sanders os Vermont for President of the United States of America. “
She did not mention Biden in the speech, but she did endorse him.
Following her comments, she explained the process on Twitter. Rather than a snub of Biden, her speech to Sanders was part of the convention procedure.
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‘If you were confused, do not worry! Agreement rules require roll Call & Nominations for each candidate who crosses the threshold of the delegate, ‘she wrote. ‘I was asked to become the 2nd nominee for sen. Sanders for roll call. I extend my deepest congratulations @JoeBiden – let’s win in November. ”
NBC later deleted the tweet and gave a statement. “This tweet should have included more detail about the nomination process. We have removed the tweet to prevent further spread, but it can be seen here for the record, ”the network said. “Ocasio-Cortez was asked by the DNC to second the Sanders nomination. The nomination is a procedural requirement of the Convention. Ocasio-Cortez has previously endorsed Biden, and her speech was at length similar to other nominating speeches. ”
Ocasio-Cortez turned in a dismal performance, however.
“You waited several hours to correct your just and blatantly misleading tweet,” she wrote on Twitter. ‘It caused an enormous amount of hatred and vitriol, and now the mischief you have created is circulating on other networks. All to generate hate clicks from a pre-recorded, routine procedural move.
She added, “This is completely unacceptable, disappointing and horrible. The DNC previously shared the procedural purpose of my comments to media WELL. @NBC knew what was going to happen & that it was routine. How does a headline that goes bad & misleading happen with that foreknowledge? While the changes to the network were an acknowledgment that the tweet was misleading, Ocasio-Cortez did not elaborate on why she thought it was malicious.
NBC News did not comment above the explanation, and is also updating the original article to which the tweet was linked, and adding a separate blog post for more context.
