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
Just before I read this post, an old friend sent me the Raddatz e-mail. I quickly replied that it was bogus.
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