Trump World ups attacks on Politico despite correction on Wiles story
A correction is the most boring and most important thing a newsroom does, and here it's become a political football. Politico fixed a detail about Susie Wiles's role in Katie Zacharia's exit, and Trump World turned that fix into proof of bias. I get the frustration on both sides. Getting a fact wrong is embarrassing, and it's fair for readers to ask what else might be off. But the response here seems less about the correction and more about using any stumble to discredit the outlet entirely.
What I'd want to know is whether the error was a sourcing failure or a genuine misunderstanding of Wiles's involvement, and whether Politico's correction was swift and transparent. Those details matter more than the shouting. Corrections are how journalism stays honest, and they deserve credit when they happen. If critics want to judge the outlet, they should judge the whole record, not just the missteps.