WaPo/AP Caught Revising the O’Donnell Story Without Issuing a Correction

Patterico ^ | 10/20/2010 | Aaron Worthing

[MichaelNewton]

In the tank MSM now trying to cover up their own ignorance while renewing their attack on O'Donnell's perceived ignorance.

[a fool in paradise]

American Pravda

Is better than old Soviet version, no?

[BenLurkin]

She is corrrect. “Seperation of Church and State” is a product of judicial fiat.

[Huck]

And judicial fiat is a product of Article 3.

[massgopguy]

A Catholic hating Klansman no less.

[Larry Lucido]

Might be a good story but this is a blog so it belongs in bloggers.

[Titus-Maximus]

Philip Hamburger: “Separation of Church and State” completely annihilates the idea that it was a traditional position. It was a product of Catholic bigotry, the Klan and the Progressives to create the “Separation” myth. Once it was unleashed it has taken a life of its own that is more a product of the judiciary for the last 40 years, rather than the Framers of more than 200 years.

Get the book.

[Joe 6-pack]

“Seperation of Church and State” is a product of judicial fiat. IMHO, congress abrogated its responsibilities a long time ago by not impeaching judges over such rulings. Their failure to do so has given tacit approval for judges to improvise and contort rulings to their own personal ideology, and has given the judiciay an air of, well...unimpeachability.

[truthfreedom]

It sorta shows what shining many lights on a particular something can do. They changed it because the 1st version was so particularly wrong. And many of the original accounts were wrong, showing the ignorance of the author.

[allmendream]

Don't you mean “anti-Catholic” bigotry?

[Juan Medén]

The irony is that, in fact, the event and the article show the ignorance of the media, a supposedly educated law school audience, and Coons regarding the constitution.

[Parley Baer]

“a supposedly educated law school audience, and Coons regarding the constitution”

That is the irony isn’t it. I agree it shows the ignorance of the media, law school audience and Coons.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Her critics can get away with making fun of her on this because the average TV watcher doesn’t realize she’s right. There no such phrase in the constitution and the intent is to protect religion from government, not to protect government from religion.

[mrsmith]

WDEL (debate holders) had an article: “Widener professor: Coons was clear winner” (10/19/10) by Amy Smart.

Didn’t mention the professor is a Dem donor, $250 to Obama.

I emailed the info to them- no change, no response.

O’Donnell has a very hostile media with no compunctions or ethics.

[Drango]

The left was all over this....

[Titus-Maximus]

You get the gist.

Know-Nothing Party. Ku Klux Klan. Progressives.

[Eldon Tyrell]

What kind of law school is Widener - that they did not understand her simple point?

Just liberal idiot law school?

They come out of this looking ridiculous.

Coons - and media - expected to be ridiculous. The “gasp from the crowd” - was very striking. Andtheir comments to follow - just make them seem small, and weak minded.

[oldbrowser]

That is the irony isn’t it. I agree it shows the ignorance of the media, law school audience and Coons.

It's not ignorance it is a separate reality. And it's not irony, it is kind of scary to think our countrymen have a different reality than ours.

[Pharmboy]

O’Donnell has a very hostile media with no compunctions or ethics.

Understatement o' the day...

[NonValueAdded]

Ah, but the damage was already done. I’ll also note that the early CNN report left out an important sentence when “documenting” the back and forth between the candidates.