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Zeke Miller

News · White House · @ZekeJMiller on X

Associated Press White House reporter since 2017 and a past president of the White House Correspondents' Association. He previously covered politics and the White House for TIME.

Previously: TIME, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider

Slant Score · ranked #28 of 175 from most left to most right
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.

The receipts (2)

Correction / walk-back · served the left · +1.9 L · Jan 20, 2017

MLK bust reported removed from the Oval Office

As a TIME pool reporter on Inauguration Day, Miller reported that the Martin Luther King Jr. bust had been removed from the Oval Office. It had not moved. He corrected the report about 40 minutes later and apologized publicly.

Source: The Propaganda Files →
Correction / walk-back · served the left · +1.9 L · Jan 20, 2017

TIME's note to readers on the MLK bust error

TIME published the timeline of the error and Miller's correction, and rejected claims that the error was deliberate.

Source: TIME →
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