Readers Note: The posts -- Raddatz, ABC News targets of bogus claim and Update re: Bogus claim targeting Raddatz, ABC News – contain background for the apology you’ll read below.
John
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To: David Westin, President
Martha Raddatz, Chief White House Correspondent
ABC News
I want to apologize to you both and to the rest of your news team for my error in linking to the bogus McCain-54 story.
Once Martha Raddatz contacted me and I fact-checked, I recognized my error and its cause.
I’d been lazy and failed to do the fact-checking I should have done before posting.
I placed an error message in the title of my post and placed a readers' alert and explanation at the head of the post.
I’ll be more diligent in the future.
Thank you both for your understanding.
Sincerely,
John in Carolina
www.johnincarolina.com
Monday, August 04, 2008
Apology to ABC News & Martha Raddatz
Posted by JWM at 3:18 PM
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2 comments:
Just before I read this post, an old friend sent me the Raddatz e-mail. I quickly replied that it was bogus.
Tarheel Hawkeye
Well, there's the wisdom of the old adage: "If it appears too good to be true, it probably is." Hence,
VERIFY!
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