ABC News apologized Monday for mistakenly running a video that apparently was taken at a gun range in Kentucky with a report about Turkish attacks in northern Syria. “ABC News regrets the error.”A representative for ABC News declined to comment on how the mix-up had happened. The clip that accompanied the reports on the bombings showed explosions and smoke dominating the dark horizon. Tom Llam as, an anchor with ABC News’s “World News Tonight” spoke over the footage, which someone reposted on YouTube. “This video, right here, appearing to show Turkey’s military bombing Kurd civilia ns in a Syrian border town,” Mr. Llamas said.

Source: New York Times October 14, 2019 23:26 UTC