According to a statement speedily issued by Moran’s employers at ABC, “In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.”

Which means: a) No one is disputing Obama made the comment, just that it wasn’t meant for publication, and b) ABC reporters are probably going to have to start submitting their Tweets through a dozen editors from now on.

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