The FBI accused MS NOW of incorrectly reporting FBI Director Kash Patel was in Russia on Wednesday when he was actually in Virginia, forcing the network to issue a correction.
“We do have some breaking news we want to get to here on MS NOW. This is about the FBI Director, Kash Patel. MS NOW has learned that Patel has landed in Russia for a meeting scheduled to take place there,” MS NOW anchor Peter Alexander told viewers, citing “two people familiar with the matter.”
MS NOW then brought on Justice and intelligence reporter Ken Dilanian to analyze the situation. Dilanian fretted that his FBI sources were concerned because they didn’t know why Patel was in Russia and suggested the trip would “raise a lot of eyebrows,” in part due to his potential hosts being the FSB, Russia’s security service.
MS NOW anchor Peter Alexander told viewers FBI Director Kash Patel was in Russia on Wednesday when he was actually in Virginia.
The FBI quickly eased those concerns.
Shortly after MS NOW’s breaking news was announced, the FBI Rapid Response X account mocked the liberal network, noting that Patel was actually in Virginia for a law enforcement appreciation event at Liberty University.
“MS Now’s ‘sources’ are ‘familiar’ with NOTHING,” the FBI Rapid Response account wrote.
