NBC News has added an "editor’s note" to its report in which Andrea Mitchell called Juanita Broaddrick rape claims "discredited," after revelations that the network deleted that word from its video.
The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday that NBC News had stealth-edited Mitchell’s segment in May to remove the line where Mitchell said Broaddrick’s claim that Bill Clinton raped her had been "discredited."
On Tuesday, the NBC News website made no mention that the video had been altered.
"Donald Trump is getting some heat from Hillary Clinton’s campaign after using the term ‘rape’ while talking about a long-denied allegation of sexual misconduct by former President Bill Clinton," the caption for the report read.
But by Wednesday afternoon, the piece had been updated with an "editor’s note."
"Editor's Note: In the original version of this report, we referred to Ms. Broaddrick's allegations as ‘discredited,’" NBC News said. "While questions have been raised about her account, upon review, on May 19, we removed that word."
Many questioned Mitchell’s bias after she used the word "discredited" to describe Broaddrick, who says that Bill Clinton raped her while he was the attorney general in Arkansas in 1978.