Posted on 05/21/2006 8:39:00 AM PDT by new yorker 77
Truthout doesn't say they were wrong, they don't say they were right. They say:
The Rove Indictment Story as of Right Now By Marc Ash,
Fri May 19th, 2006 at 04:23:39 PM EDT :: Fitzgerald Investigation
On Saturday afternoon, May 13, 2006, TruthOut ran a story titled, "Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators." The story stated in part that top Bush aide Karl Rove had earlier that day been indicted on the charges set forth in the story's title.
The time has now come, however, to issue a partial apology to our readership for this story. While we paid very careful attention to the sourcing on this story, we erred in getting too far out in front of the news-cycle. In moving as quickly as we did, we caused more confusion than clarity. And that was a disservice to our readership and we regret it.
As such, we will be taking the wait-and-see approach for the time being. We will keep you posted.
Marc Ash, Executive Director - t r u t h o u t
mailto:director@truthout.org
Me: What the hell is that? This strikes me as a new twist on the fake-but-accurate defense, this time using the temporal escape clause. How about something like this:
On Saturday afternoon, May 20, 2006, National Review ran a story titled, "New Line of Urine-Powered Hover Cars Comes off Assembly Line." The story stated in part that such hover cars actually exist and were powered as set forth in the story's title.
The time has now come, however, to issue a partial apology to our readership for this story. While we paid very careful attention to the sourcing on this story, we erred in getting too far out in front of the news-cycle. Such hover cars do not yet exist, but we all know it's coming, so it was an understandable case of jumping the gun.
Posted at 8:26 AM
Love the analogy.
How many stories have their been questioning the zealotness of Fitzgerald and those on the left? That was the only story when Starr was investigating.
Fake but accurate is the new journalistic standard.
Hey Leopold, BOHICA baby....bend over here it comes again.
Well it could have been true if it weren't false.
The time has now come, however, to issue a partial apology to our readership for this story. While we paid very careful attention to the sourcing on this story, we erred in getting too far out in front of the news-cycle. Such hover cars do not yet exist, but we all know it's coming, so it was an understandable case of jumping the gun.
"That's right, folks! And Elroy's freakishly weak bladder means we're getting well over eighty-seven gazillion miles per six pack of FizzyPop, to boot -- !"
DUmmie FUnnies 05-19-06 (TruthOut Issues Non-Apology "Apology" For Hoaxmas)
Sounds to me like "truthout" slings bovine droppings just to see if anything will stick. Typical Commie Liberals.
They're such slavering, stupid animals.
Of course, they apologize to their readership, but would they ever think of apologizing to the person they slimed?
is theirTardis broken?
"Urine-Powered Hover Cars"
Toyota Peeus?
Is that a Saturn?
No, it's a Uranus.
"BOHICA"
I think Leopold would actually enjoy that. If you've seen a photo of him, you'll know why I say that.
Jimmy Carter had a name for this kind of story. An "incomplete success."
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