dagblog - Comments for "William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – July 30, 2010"

Re the factually wrong

acanuck — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:12:51 +0000

In reply to William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – July 30, 2010

Re the factually wrong Politico article: There is now appended to it something called an "UPDATE: CORRECTION." It simply states information that contradicts the basic premise of the item. No explanation. No apology to Julian Assange, whom it had essentially accused of lying. Although undated, it appears to have gone up roughly 72 hours after the article was posted, and considerably more than 48 hours after numerous commenters first pointed out Politico's error.

"Reporter" Keach Hagey apparently did not read the comments her item generated until one of them emailed her personally. Here is part of her reply to "Geoff":

"Thanks for pointing this out. You're right, I would benefit by checking back to read comments more often. Before posting the item, I reached out to the Post to help me find the article in question, because their archives didn't turn it up. It took them 24 hours to find it the article, and I should have updated then."

My emphasis. Get that? The writer knew her item was incorrect about two full days before the correction appeared. A disgusting, shoddy parody of journalism. Politico sucks even worse than I thought.

Alvin Greene is all the

William K. Wolfrum — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:46:15 +0000

In reply to The Wikipedia site on the

Alvin Greene is all the reason you need to believe our boy Basil has a shot.

The Wikipedia site on the

Atheist — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:42:00 +0000

In reply to How exactly does the

The Wikipedia site on the race is fairly limited in information, but it does suggest (but not state outright) that there are primaries yet to be held.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_gubernatorial_election,_2010

Surprisingly, Basil doesn't appear to be showing significant support, even among Republicans…

How exactly does the

Atheist — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:38:55 +0000

In reply to William K. Wolfrum’s Morning – July 30, 2010

How exactly does the Tennessee gubernatorial race work? I looked up this crazy Basil guy and found that he's one of several Republican candidates running for governor. There's also several Democrats and several independents. Have they not yet held their primaries, or is it a free-for-all?