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The US ambassador to Panama has resigned.

https://twitter.com/AlanYuhas/status/951851549835386881

The Ambassador is a career foreign service officer named John Feeley. Feeley was appointed by Obama in 2015 and had stayed on in the new administration. I don’t know anything about the guy beyond his bio. And I don’t have a problem with his resignation letter. He did the honorable thing. Neither is this very important. Panama is not a huge priority and the graveyards are full of indispensable men.

This is how MSNBC reported it

https://twitter.com/MaryEmilyOHara/status/951852095086452736

Then AP’s diplomatic correspondent weighed in:

FYI – The resignation occurred prior to the comments. https://t.co/QuPKMOxQgB

— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) January 12, 2018

In fact, the Ambassador resigned in December:

All: I have deleted tweet below because of an error. Resignation was Dec. 27, 2017, not 2016.
Apologies for confusion. pic.twitter.com/Y6lYsJc1vz

— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) January 12, 2018

And the epic walk-back:

https://twitter.com/MaryEmilyOHara/status/951870118237261826

Concerned it was misleading? Really? It was false on its face.

None of this matters. Because this is journalistic standard:

Michael Wolff to MSNBC anchor on his book: “If it rings true, it is true” https://t.co/ArHjUFExHF pic.twitter.com/TTvNOEUy4z

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 8, 2018