You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time

In the original she said that maintaining slavery was a primary motivation of colonists in revolting against England. That was one of the most bashed claims in the whole project. Now it reads, that it was a primary motivation for “some of” the colonists. It is hard to overstate just how massively this correction undermines the entire project. [More]

It doesn't matter.

How many people read The New York Times and how many other news organizations reword what they say and act as their amplifiers?

Anybody see any big red flags over at The Pulitzer Center?

How many read The Federalist, and how many limited reach niche blogs like this are even bothering to give it a link?

As far as the general public is being primed, the seeds of resentment have been planted an nurtured. Guess what the crop's gonna look like.

[Via Michael G]