Washington Post Issues Correction After The Buzz Reports Milbank Error
After my reporting on the Washington Post’sDana Milbank last week, the Post issued a correction. For two days in a row, Milbank ran misleading and false statements connected to Texas Senator John Cornyn.
The Post correction reads:
The July 20 Washington Sketch column said that Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) issued the text of a speech praising President Bush for nominating Judge Edith Brown Clement to the Supreme Court. A spokesman for Cornyn said the text was intended only as a written statement.
Of course, this correction tries to dilute Milbank’s responsibility by shifting some of the blame to Cornyn spokesman Don Stewart. However, Stewart made it clear in his email (Milbank was not included in the recipient list but go a hold of the email from someone else, likely a friendly reporter) that the information was embargoed until after President Bush’s Supreme Court announcement and that it was only intended as talking points, not a speech.
[ 07/26/2005 01:22 PM]
