The Washington Post owes an apology, not a correction.
Ξ September 22nd, 2009 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Politics |
When (finally) covering the ACORN scandal, the Washington Post wrote the following about the film maker who shot the footage:
Though O’Keefe described himself as a progressive radical, not a conservative, he said he targeted ACORN for the same reasons that the political right does: its massive voter registration drives that turn out poor African Americans and Latinos against Republicans.
Later, a “correction” was added to the article:
This article about the community organizing group ACORN incorrectly said that a conservative journalist targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos partly because its voter-registration drives bring Latinos and African Americans to the polls. Although ACORN registers people mostly from those groups, the maker of the videos, James E. O’Keefe, did not specifically mention them.
When a baseless accusation of racism against a whistle blower is made, I think a bit more than a “correction” is warranted. This story insulted the honor and integrity of O’Keefe without merit or evidence. The reporters and copy editors should be required to apologize, and not hide behind a lame journalistic convention designed to correct factual errors.
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