Friday, August 26, 2005

Krugman burned by Brainster blogging

New York Times' columnist Paul Krugman has been forced to issue a retraction of his column last week Free registration required. He tried to back off a bit Monday, but today he had to spill the beans on himself, but our good friend Pat Curley at Brainster had the goods on Krugman a week ago. Well done!

From Krugman:

Corrections: In my column last Friday, I cited an inaccurate number (given by the Conyers report) for turnout in Ohio's Miami County last year: 98.5 percent. I should have checked the official state site, which reports a reasonable 72.2 percent. Also, the public editor says, rightly, that I should acknowledge initially misstating the results of the 2000 Florida election study by a media consortium led by The Miami Herald. Unlike a more definitive study by a larger consortium that included The New York Times, an analysis that showed Al Gore winning all statewide manual recounts, the earlier study showed him winning two out of three.

Great, Paul, blame Congressman Conyers. You're a reporter, you doofus, research your story. Do your job.

No credit is given to Pat for his discovery by Krugman. Michelle Malkin's blog knows better.

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