NY Times Corrects Itself Over John Lewis Raaaaacism Issue

Apparently, it’s Raaacist Weekend at the Times. So far, we have, among others,

But, buried on the Corrections page is this nugget, found by John at Powerline, via Smitty at The Other McCain

The Political Times column last Sunday, about a generational divide over racial attitudes, erroneously linked one example of a racially charged statement to the Tea Party movement. While Tea Party supporters have been connected to a number of such statements, there is no evidence that epithets reportedly directed in March at Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, outside the Capitol, came from Tea Party members. (Go to Article)

Something like that should appear in a real article on at least page A15, where the original article appeared, if not A1.

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3 Comments

Comment by Americaneocon
2010-07-25 14:48:27

Actually, Power Line picked that up from me via Instapundit! And thanks for posting this — I’ll update with the coup at my page!

 
Comment by Americaneocon
2010-07-25 14:56:34

Well, that was last week’s Power Line post actually … Anyway, working on a gloating entry at my place and will link you William.

 
Comment by Wyatt Earp
2010-07-25 15:45:50

Like you, I love how it’s buried on the corrections page. Why publicize the another Democrat lie?

 

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