I know others have replied on the same topic. What bothers me is your response:
Some day I will learn that my fellow Freepers will always point out an error when it is made in an article, regardless of how insignificant to the column the mistake is.
Here's the deal. A columnist could start a column by saying: "The Republicans want to kill old people" as fact. Then columnist could write a totally coherent article. The first statement would be a mistake and insignificant to the column. I wouldn't know. I'd likely stop reading that column after the first sentence. Would you have a problem with the columnist's use of the first sentence as fact?
There's no merit in parroting what "black and liberals perceive as the facts" if they're not the facts.
That's just my two cents and mean as constructive criticism.
That being said, I could have came right out an blamed the editor who's job it is to check the grammar, spelling, and any historical facts used in the column. Up until now I did not even mention it. Instead I readily accepted the blame as my own, because I should have checked my facts before sending it into the editor.
My continued defense is because of the repeated times I have been told by others about my error. I knew about my error within 6 minutes of my posting the article here. You tell me, "How many more times do I need to be told I was wrong, or why I was wrong"?
In the future I will be counting on the editor/proof reader I used before they took me on as a writer, instead of their professionally paid one. That way I will be ensured that the site will not fail to do the job they promised they would do. After all, them allowing my error to go uncorrected does reflect upon them as much, if not more, as it does on me.