Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking out CBS News for what he sees as a “bogus” headline.
Last week, the actor garnered headlines after posting a video of himself filling a big pothole close to his dwelling in Brentwood, California. The actor stated he and his group had been coping with the opening for weeks.
Soon after the tweet went out, CBS News reported that the opening was not a pothole, however a utility trench utilized by the town.
CBS’ headline learn, “Schwarzenegger filled a utility trench, not a pothole, city of Los Angeles says after video goes viral.”
A spokesperson for the town confirmed to CBS and different shops that the opening was a service trench utilized by the utility firm SoCalGas. The firm stated work started and resulted in January regardless of heavy rain.
Mr. Schwarzenegger claims the town left his patchwork in place.
“This headline/tweet is bogus,” he tweeted. “The story is correct — the utility work was finished in January. I filled in the hole 3 months later and the city left my fix in place.”
The utility firm confirmed to Fox final week that whereas SoCalGas did depart Mr. Schwarzenegger’s work in place, it additionally strengthened it.
“We did leave the patch that Governor Schwarzenegger applied, however yesterday our crews went back to the site, and we used special equipment to go over the patch to make it all stronger,” SoCalGas communications supervisor Marissa Girolamo advised Fox News Digital.
The former governor additionally tweeted that the headline is an instance of why confidence within the media is so low.
“This story should be taught in a class for people who are confused about why institutional trust is in decline,” he tweeted.
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