What does a doctor do when after the fact he learns he he has given a patient a misdiagnosed prescription? He immediately contacts the patient and gives them the correct prescription.
What does a auto manufacture do when it learns a run of cars has rolled off an assembly line and out to the dealerships with faulty break pads or a door latch that may malfunction? It sends out a recall.
What does a manager do when he realizes that she gave her subordinates the wrong time or place for tomorrow's meeting? She contacts each subordinate to give them the correct time and place for the meeting.
What does the MSM do when it makes an error by giving its customers/audience erroneous information. When a newspaper does acknowledge its error it prints the correction on Saturday -- the least read paper of a daily -- burring the correction on page A2 beneath the fold at the bottom edge toward the gutter. When they print a correction they do it in such a way as to inform the least number of readers as possible. It's a CYA that they hope nobody reads to gain the correct information.
What does that tell you about their intent? Their SOP (standard operating procedure) is to not get caught. With that as part of their premise they have ensured they'll fail. It's the same in politics -- don't get caught. The whole voting for the lesser of evils thing is becoming increasingly passé. For voting for the lesser of evils still begets evil -- Hobson's choice,
I agree, they would let the lie stand completely if they had the choice.
Thankfully, there are some non-evil GOPers still around, enough to keep the party from a complete collapse.