Saturday, January 30, 2010

Another correction worth noting

From the Washington Post:
-- A Jan. 27 Page One article misstated the nature of the charges recently filed against four men including James O'Keefe, the conservative activist who gained notice last year with undercover videos that he and an associate recorded at regional offices of the group ACORN. The men are accused of plotting to tamper with a telephone in the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), not of plotting to wiretap or bug that office. The error was repeated in the article's headlines and photo caption.
James O'Keefe, the man in question, is at least partially responsible for the outrage against ACORN, where he posed as a pimp and videotaped himself getting advice on how to report his income on taxes.  I think some journalists got a little overexcited at the possibility of a comeuppance for this kid.

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