Clinton Story from my Hometown Paper

[RazBerryBeret]

The Columbus Dispatch, in Ohio.
I know we're all tired of the health insurance/pregnant woman story, but I think these 2 paragraphs deserve a little thought, about how this happens:

In addition, news organizations -- including The Dispatch -- did not promptly examine the facts of the story to determine whether it was accurate. Not until Saturday -- more than a month after the Ohio primary -- did T he New York Times report that the woman was insured and had been under the care of an obstetrics practice.

"While it is a fundamental responsibility on the part of a campaign to vet a story to make certain it is accurate, it also is the media's responsibility to verify and check out stories," said Mark Jurkowitz, a former media writer at The Boston Globe and now associate director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

the whole article here:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2008/04/11/hilflap.ART_ART_04-11-08_A1_UE9T91B.html?sid=101

I'm not posting this to bash Clinton, just to point out that the fact-checking didn't happen for a MONTH. After this had been retold several times in several different cities. Kind of makes me wonder and worry about November....