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Washington Post Caught Lying For Bush!
excerpts from a report from Editor & Publisher. by E&P Staff. September 04, 2005
In its Sunday edition, the Washington Post quoted a "senior Bush official" that "as of Saturday [Louisiana Governor] Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency."
This, of course, was meant to make the governor look foolish and spread the blame around for the disastrous response to the disaster, though it was hard to imagine on what grounds the newspaper would quote an unnamed source in this case.
Several hours of blogosphere howling ensued.
Later in the day, the Post ran this correction, or rather, 180-degree turn:
"A Sept. 4 article on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina incorrectly said that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) had not declared a state of emergency. She declared an emergency on Aug. 26."
You have been reading "'Wash Post' Runs A Key Katrina Correction" by E&P Staff. You can see it in its original context here: tinyurl.com/atulw. Thanks to E&P for everything. We visit editorandpublisher.com often and we hope you will too.
excerpts from a report from Editor & Publisher. by E&P Staff. September 04, 2005
In its Sunday edition, the Washington Post quoted a "senior Bush official" that "as of Saturday [Louisiana Governor] Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency."
This, of course, was meant to make the governor look foolish and spread the blame around for the disastrous response to the disaster, though it was hard to imagine on what grounds the newspaper would quote an unnamed source in this case.
Several hours of blogosphere howling ensued.
Later in the day, the Post ran this correction, or rather, 180-degree turn:
"A Sept. 4 article on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina incorrectly said that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) had not declared a state of emergency. She declared an emergency on Aug. 26."
You have been reading "'Wash Post' Runs A Key Katrina Correction" by E&P Staff. You can see it in its original context here: tinyurl.com/atulw. Thanks to E&P for everything. We visit editorandpublisher.com often and we hope you will too.
