Newsweek Demotes Editor Responsible for Inaccurate Trump Thanksgiving Story

This photo illustration shows a man reading a copy of the new print edition of Newsweek magazine in Washington on March 10, 2014. Nicholass Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

Newsweek demoted an editor who was involved with an erroneous story that claimed President Donald Trump was “tweeting” and “golfing” on Thanksgiving when he was actually in the Middle East visiting American troops.

“The editor was demoted,” a Newsweek spokesperson told TheWrap on Dec. 2.