It took four days, but The Washington Post has finally issued some major corrections to an op-ed by "Sex and the City" actress and failed New York Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon in which she declared that Vice President Mike Pence is "insidious and dangerous" and accused him of repeatedly persecuting gay people.
The op-ed, titled "Mike Pence Isn’t ‘Decent.’ He’s Insidious.", was published on March 2. Four days later, the Post added the following "correction":
Correction, March 6, 2018: This op-ed originally misstated that when Vice President Pence was president of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, the group published an article urging businesses not to hire gay people. The referenced article concerned whether gay journalists should be permitted to cover matters related to homosexuality without disclosing their sexual orientation. The inaccurate sentence has been removed. Additionally, the op-ed should have noted that Pence’s spokesmen have disputed reports that he has ever supported conversion therapy and also that he played a leading role in Trump administration efforts to ban transgender people from military service.
Oops. Clearly that should have read "corrections" as the "correction" admits to three significant "inaccuracies."
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Once, one of the most respected newspapers in this country. Now, no better than a tabloid rag.
ReplyDelete6:22 I agree.
ReplyDeleteShe owes Pence an apology and the Post (rag) needs to put it on the Front page.
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