This sort of thing is what makes bloggers valuable in the face of a complacent media. It's funny to see how facts are left to languish in the service of a "good story" -- weren't the editorial page staffers and editors at the Star Tribune interested in the authenticity of some of the main facts cited in a full page article on the front page of their section? Or did they just take Moyers' word as golden? I realize this is the editorial section, where pretensions of objectivity vanish, but there is still the expectation of correctness.
It will be interesting to see if the Strib prints a correction. My guess is that they will once someone DOES take the time to do some fact-checking. Just don't expect it on the section's front page.
Posted by eric at February 7, 2005 12:15 PM