Laurence Tribe just tweeted an APOLOGY to Nancy Pelosi.

[pnwmom]

He had retweeted a piece from the Hill that had a misleading headline, implying that she didn't think it matters if the Democrats win in 2018.

Thank you, Laurence Tribe!

Laurence Tribe‏Verified account
@tribelaw

Laurence Tribe Retweeted
Misled by the headline, I hope @NancyPelosi will accept my apology: all she actually called "unimportant" was whether she'd run for speaker.

[still_one]

1. Thanks for the update pnwmom.

[spooky3]

2. Good work! I hope she accepts. And I hope he's learned

To read the full story and ask questions if something just doesn't make sense.

[hlthe2b]

3. I knew Tribe had been mistaken and more, that he would acknowledge such once realized.

He's one of the really honorable guys worthy of respect.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Excellent.

[catbyte]

5. And he deleted the offending tweet. He's an honorable man.

[Bleacher Creature]

6. I don't understand why he jumped the gun, although many other people did the same.

Common sense should have told everyone that there was more to the story as there's no logical reason why she would have suggested that winning in 2018 wasn't a priority, if not THE priority.

I figured that out without reading beyond the headline, and Laurence Tribe is smarter than I am.

[Gothmog]

7. Yeah for Prof Tribe

[LisaM]

8. Good, glad to hear it.

Headline writers drive me bonkers these days.

[R B Garr]

9. Nice! That really made him look incompetent.

[TheDebbieDee]

10. I belong to several FB political forums...

I saw this story making the rounds on all the boards - posters are saying it's time to do away with Pelosi, she's not a fighter, blah, blah, blah!

Posting links to stories with deliberately misleading headlines is the modus operandi of the propaganda outlets. They're banking on people taking in the headlines and not reading the entire story....

[VermontKevin]

11. Good.

[Progressive dog]

12. Amazing how headlines become a major story

because some people don't actually bother to read the story. At least Lawrence Tribe did apologize but many who used that twisting of Nancy's words to attack her won't.

[ismnotwasm]

13. Kick for visibility

[pnwmom]

14. Thank you. I wish that as many people could see this as the false headline

he retweeted.

But I know that never happens . . .

[ismnotwasm]

18. I agree

Anymore I read something then go fact check it best I can. It's become too easy to be informationally lazy

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. I thought Mr. Tribe was one of the smart ones who read beyond the headlines before reacting?

[pnwmom]

21. Every human can make mistakes including Mr. Tribe. At least he apologized. n/t

[erpowers]

16. Headlines Can Be Misleading

It is always best to read an entire story before commenting on the story. The headline can make you think one thing is being said in the article only to find out once reading the article that something totally different is being said. I often find that when I read an article my comment about the article is different than it would have been if I had just comment on the headline. Reading only the headline causes a great deal of problems for many people.

[lapucelle]

17. I sent Professor Tribe an email today

at his Harvard Law School addressm and asked him to so just that.

I wonder how many emails like mine he received today.

[pnwmom]

22. That's great, lapucelle! Thanks!

[lapucelle]

19. Holy cow....look what I found in my inbox

Larry Tribe <[e-mail]> 7:10 PM (1 hour ago)
to me, tribe

Done.

Laurence H. Tribe
Carl M. Loeb University Professor and
Professor of Constitutional Law
Harvard Law School
Hauser 420
1575 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

[grantcart]

24. I am impressed with the super power of your email

Perhaps you could send a request for resignation email to Trump

[lapucelle]

25. The comments on Twitter were brutal.

Maybe the email was the last straw.

[spooky3]

28. It's great that you emailed and he replied. He may have gotten

Several emails and replied to each. Admirable.

[Me.]

34. Well, I For One AM Impressed

a. That you defended Nancy P. in such a direct manner

b. That he respected your comment enough to reply

[spooky3]

27. Lol!!!!

[JNelson6563]

20. Always so fun to join the dogpile!

So we see even those who breathe rarified air can fall victim. At least this one apologized and clarified.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

23. K&R nt

[elleng]

26. Thanks, pnwmom, and thanks to Prof. Tribe.

MUCH closer to impressions of him.

[Ninsianna]

29. I wonder if this means that certain folks will now don "hair shirts"

and beg absolution for their delighted support of anyone who might have been attacking Pelosi?

Or if they're simply to busy rolling on the floor and cackling still.

[SunSeeker]

30. LOL

[Ninsianna]

32. The religiosity is odd.

But like many blind adherents to a religious doctrine, they will never actually own up to being wrong, will they?

[SunSeeker]

37. I think it's ego more than religiousity, but same result. nt

[Ninsianna]

38. Terminology is all religion based.

And the dogma seems to bear the odor of religion as well.

[SunSeeker]

31. That is how a true adult responds when he realizes he made a mistake.

He apologizes.

[mcar]

33. A grown person takes responsibility for a mistake

Well done Mr Tribe.

[gratuitous]

35. Dear Boy Scouts: This is how it's done

None of that mealy-mouthed "Sorry if you were offended" nonsense. Own up, admit your mistake, and apologize.

[George II]

36. Thanks. Hopefully the other OP with the original tweet will acknowledge this.

[Ninsianna]

39. I doubt the defenders of the attacks on Pelosi will acknowledge or apologize.

Though they had no problem demanding absolution or mocking requests to correct the rather flagrant error.

[George II]

40. You're correct - no contrition.