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Sadly, Honest Reporting has lowered its expectations enough to claim Christiane Amanpour’s ‘apology’ as a victory. SUCCESS: Following our campaign for a public apology, @CNN ’s @amanpour says live on air: “I have written to Rabbi Leo Dee to apologize and make sure that he knows that we apologize for any further pain that may have caused him.” See the full story here: https://t.co/ppmGQL5927 pic.twitter.com/PxWeyB0id0 — HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) May 22, 2023 “I misspoke and said that they were killed in a shootout instead of “a shooting” Sorry, but apologising for accidentally uttering the word “Shoot out ” rather than “Shoot ing ” isn’t fooling anyone. It doesn’t ring true at all. Would any standard English speaking person, let alone a seasoned TV presenter, really say “killed in a shooting” ? They’d say “were shot”, surely. Or “shot and killed.” In any case, the girls’ mother died of her injuries so wasn’t literally killed in a ‘shooting’ or a