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A handful of major media corrections, and it’s only Tuesday

By Becket Adams

Published March 27, 2018 6:33pm ET

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A handful of major media corrections, and it’s only Tuesday — In this Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, student David Hogg speaks to the media as he returns to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. | (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

There have already been two major media blunders this week, and one extremely annoying correction, and it’s not even Wednesday.

The first big mistake comes courtesy of the conservative news and opinion website RedState, which falsely suggested Monday that Parkland teen David Hogg might not have actually been at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school on Feb. 14, when 17 students were shot and killed.

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