Posted on 09/22/2009 1:52:38 PM PDT by Justaham
The Washington Post today published on page A2 a correction to a September 18 article on James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, the duo behind "The $1,300 Mission to Fell ACORN" (h/t NewsBusters tipster Sean O'Brien):
A Sept. 18 Page One article about the community organizing group ACORN incorrectly said that a conservative journalist targeted the organization for hidden-camera videos partly becase 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.
In other words: sorry we tagged you as a racist by putting words in your mouth.
Of course, the original Post article didn't say race was "partly" the impetus for O'Keefe's hidden-camera piece, it suggested it was the only reason and that other conservatives despise ACORN for racially-motivated reasons. Here's the original offending passage in the article:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
This was a sorry excuse for an “apology”. I suspect they didn’t get around to suggesting that Acorn was targeted due to widespread voter fraud, accepting Federal funds while engaging in partisan politics, and the Acorn 8 (now up to about 25)!
He should sue them anyhow, and make sure their apology includes plenty of zeros after the dollar sign.
In other words, "He didn't say 'darkies and beaners', but come on, we all know that that's what he meant."
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