As Twitchy reported, PolitiFact’s Louis Jacobson made a colossal jackwagon of himself when he went ahead with a “fact-checking” article based on work by Jonah Goldberg and Kevin Williamson — without actually bothering to follow up on half-assed “inquiries” to Goldberg and Williamson.
This afternoon, after hours of sound verbal beatings, PolitiFact finally acknowledged their mistake. Well, sort of:
And just to show how “sorry” they are, they amended the article with this:
Sorry, PolitiFact, but that kiss doesn’t make it all better:
Now that rating is accurate.
Last word to Jonah Goldberg:
Fortunately, Goldberg, unlike PolitiFact, is a professional — and he handled it like one:
Beautiful.
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Update:
It’s Williamson’s turn:
As well it should.
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