Before NBA commissioner Adam Silver took to the podium to announce a fine and lifetime ban for Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling Tuesday, NBC News Tweeted incorrect information about the fine, quoting a senior NBA official.
NBC reported Sterling would be fined $5 million. Instead, he was fined $2.5 million. Here’s the Tweet:
BREAKING: NBA suspends LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling indefinitely, fines him $5 million, senior NBA official confirms to NBC News
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— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) April 29, 2014
“Our initial reporting was shy of what Silver ultimately decided,” NBC’s David Gregory said at the end of a NBC News special report.