Posted on 10/03/2015 3:22:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Several hours after posting a news story with several errors, including in the headline—about a CNSNews.com reporter asking Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a question about human life—The Washington Post fixed the errors in the story by reporter Kelsey Snell but only noted one “correction” at the story’s end in the changed copy.
On Thursday, Oct. 1, CNSNews.com reporter Sam Dorman attended Pelosi’s weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol and asked her, “In reference to funding for Planned Parenthood, is an unborn baby with a human heart and a human liver a human being?” […]
In Kelsey Snell’s story posted at 12:14PM at The Washington Post’s PowerPost, the headline incorrectly read, “Nancy Pelosi shut down an abortion protestor’s question in a press conference.” There was no “abortion protestor” at the press conference; the question was asked by a CNSNews.com reporter, who is credentialed with the U.S. Capitol. […]
Given the errors in the story, The Washington Post fixed them. In a repaired version on Thursday, the new headline read, “Nancy Pelosi shut down a reporter’s abortion question in a press conference.” […] However, even the new lead (and headline) is misleading because the question was not about Pelosi’s “views on abortion.” …
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Pelosi and the democrats say that the video’s were edited, does that mean that if they weren’t edited they would be horrible?
The fact is they are highly edited. The full unedited version is also available. So far, nobody who has seen both can say the highly edited version is inconsistent with the unedited version.
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