Gotta love how the new media can make these people backtrack, at least a little
That's true. Had this been the first few years of the Bill Clinton administration, this ridiculously stupid statement would have been largely ignored successfully covered-up.
The problem is that there are still WAY too many (lazy) people who get their news from the broadcast morning and evening news shows, and a handful of papers. People who want to be fully informed, have a much easier time becoming informed, but the idiots are still at the mercy of the traditional media outlets. Sadly, those idiots vote, too.
Now that Clapper has "corrected" the record, I wonder if it will even be reported on the evening news tonight. I'm not hopeful.