The liberal news outlet which has ground Washington, D.C. to a halt within the past few days has backtracked after claiming that top Trump officials had shared “war plans” with an editor over an unsecured group chat.
Jeffrey Goldberg, the Canadian-born editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently invited to join a Signal chat with Vice President J.D. Vance, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and others discussing the imminent bombing of Houthi strongholds in Yemen. In his story, Goldberg claims that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared “war plans” several hours before the bombing began, a term he included in the headline.
One day after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Goldberg of adding “sensationalist spin” to his report, editors have changed the story’s headline. It now reads “Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisors Shared on Signal.”
Conservative journalist Eric Daugherty wrote on X that the change vindicated Hegseth’s claim that no war plans or classified intelligence were shared with Goldberg.
“THEY’RE BACKPEDALING! The Atlantic just sent out an update report CLARIFYING that there WERE NO…
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