Gun group on Katie Couric apology: Nice try

By Becket Adams

Published June 2, 2016 4:33am ET

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Gun group on Katie Couric apology: Nice try — Because the included transcript covered only 1 minute and 43 seconds of the total 4 minutes and 45 seconds of uncut audio provided to media outlets by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, the group's president said Katie Couric's apology is not nearly good enough. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP, File) | Christopher Smith

Katie Couric may have claimed responsibility for a doctored interview with a pro-Second Amendment group, but the gun rights activists targeted in her documentary are angry her mea culpa included only a partial transcript of their discussion on background checks.

“Katie has again selectively edited the response to that questions!” Virginia Citizens Defense League president Philip Van Cleave said.

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