Layers and Layers of Fact Checkers and Editors, Redux
February 17th, 2013 - 4:40 pm
“Oops! AP botches Rand Paul immigration quote,” as spotted by Twitchy, which adds that “It has now been several hours since the AP retracted its story, but many MSM outlets that published the article have neither removed nor retracted nor corrected it:”
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And rest assured that the GOP definitely doesn’t want to use AP’s imaginary fleet of jet-powered WWII-era Spitfires to deport anyone.
The errors always go in the same direction, and even if it’s not deliberate, it’s because the institutional bias makes the editors think if someone submits a quote that makes a Republican sound moronic or venal, there’s no need to question the accuracy, because in their minds, that’s who they are.