In Other News: NBC issues correction after Trump comment; Sears on the verge on bankruptcy

Published 8:26 pm Sunday, October 14, 2018

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NBC issues correction after Trump’s Robert E. Lee comment

NBC News issued a correction via Twitter on Sunday after President Trump called out the network earlier for “purposely” changing the meaning of his comments about Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. “CORRECTION: An earlier tweet misidentified the general President Trump described as ‘incredible’ at a rally in Ohio. It was Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, not Gen. Robert E. Lee. An attached video clip lacked the full context for Trump’s remark,” the network said in the posting. It referred to an NBC tweet posted on Friday during a Trump rally in Lebanon, Ohio, when he was celebrating historical figures from the Buckeye State. — New York Post

Americans strongly dislike PC culture

On social media, the country seems to divide into two neat camps: Call them the woke and the resentful. Team Resentment is manned — pun very much intended — by people who are predominantly old and almost exclusively white. Team Woke is young, likely to be female, and predominantly black, brown, or Asian (though white “allies” do their dutiful part). These teams are roughly equal in number, and they disagree most vehemently, as well as most routinely, about the catchall known as political correctness. — The Atlantic

A senator snatched a student’s phone while being asked about Ga. voter registration uproar

An attempted conversation between a Georgia Tech student and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) ended abruptly with the lawmaker snatching the student’s cellphone away while he was being asked about possible voter suppression in the state. On Saturday, a student member of the Young Democratic Socialists of America at Georgia Tech approached Perdue, who was visiting the Atlanta campus to campaign for Brian Kemp. — The Washington Post

Sears, the original everything store, nears a bankruptcy filing

More than a century ago, Sears pioneered the strategy of selling everything to everyone. But it has long since given up that mantle as a retail innovator. It was overtaken first by big box retailers like Walmart and Home Depot and then by Amazon as the go-to shopping destination for clothing, tools and appliances. Now, the retailer is preparing to use a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to cut its debts and keep operating at least through the holidays, according to two people briefed on the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the company’s plans. — The New York Times