Actually, this is great. The media are making fools of themselves beating a horse that died yesterday when Perry cleared the situation up.
"When asked last week, Perry said the word on the rock is an “offensive name that has no place in the modern world.”"
He gave written statements about what happened last week, too.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-perry-familys-hunting-camp-still-known-to-many-by-old-racially-charged-name/2011/10/01/gIQAOhY5DL_story.html