Katie Couric got busted for unethical reporting in her “Under the Gun” so-called documentary, and now distributor EPIX has pulled it from their streaming service.
(Fortune Magazine) – The day after news anchor Katie Couric apologized for “misleading” editing of her new documentary, Under the Gun, the movie about gun violence disappeared from the streaming library of premium cable network EPIX’s website. The movie had premiered on EPIX on May 15.
In a statement posted on the film’s website Monday evening, the Yahoo News anchor took responsibility for an edited sequence in the film that she said “misrepresented an exchange” she had with members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), a non-profit gun rights group. In the movie, which Couric executive produced, the veteran news anchor asks VCDL members a question regarding the ability of convicted felons and people on terror watch lists to legally purchase guns without enforced background checks. The film then includes a pause that makes the group’s members appear to have no response to the question.
Chalk one up for the good guys.
Katie Couric’s unethical reporting in this high-profile piece of agitprop should serve to end her career, but it probably won’t.
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