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To: Sully- who wrote (17780)	2/18/2006 6:52:26 PM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Limbaugh Error Worthy of an AP Story? Posted by Dave Pierre NewsBusters.org February 17, 2006 The Associated Press issued a somewhat peculiar story this afternoon. The story? Rush Limbaugh made an error. Yup. Rush apparently mistook the fact that Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is a white man and not black, as he had announced on the air. According to the story, Limbaugh received e-mails from listeners correcting him. "Uh, Sherrod Brown's a white guy? Then I'm confusing him with somebody. OK, I'm sorry," Limbaugh is quoted as saying. And ... this ... is ... news? I'm ... confused. That the Associated Press would find this episode newsworthy is almost weird. Many posters at Free Republic are equally bewildered. "Must be a slow news day for the AP?" wondered one. My favorite: "The AP finds the speck in Rush's eye but ignores the log in theirs." I haven't researched this; but did the AP ever issue stories about: These errors from Michael Moore? amazon.com hardylaw.net davekopel.org These distortions from the New York Times? (see also TimesWatch.org) shop.wnd.com timeswatch.org These errors of Al Franken? frankenlies.com shop.wnd.com These errors of ABC News? newsbusters.org newsbusters.org This error from the Los Angeles Times? newsbusters.org This doozie from the New York Daily News? newsbusters.org Just wondering ... Oh, yeah. The story is only around 200 words long (which is almost puny), but the AP could not resist ending the piece without a totally irrelevant, gratuitous cheap shot: <<< "In 2003, Limbaugh was pushed off ESPN's NFL preview show after he said quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed." >>> C'mon. Was that really necessary? newsbusters.org cbsnews.com house.gov

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