“None of the media will ever correct their inaccurate statements, much less report the whole story.”
Ministry of Propaganda.
I actually have a follow-up to that. I received this reply this morning in my inbox:
Nellie,
You’re right, technically that is incorrect. To be precise we should have stated that the Obama campaign released the birth certificate but that Hawaii officials from the Department of Health have verified its legitimacy. But that is not materially important, and I am not going to engage in any of your continued speculation, which includes publishing your letter. If that is how you care to spend your time, have at it and continue the debate on your blog or wherever. But we are comfortable this has been well researched and determined and isn’t something to which we will devote more time and space.
John Montgomery
Hutchinson News
I’ve responded with this:
John, to be precise - as I have stated and documented on my blog - the HDOH has NOT verified the Factcheck COLB’s legitimacy, nor can they legally do so (according to their own claims).
You still are not grasping the basic facts of this issue, and are thus misreporting it.
As journalists, you have a responsibility to correct errors that you have made in your reporting. Are you telling me that you will not correct this error?
Nellie