I was wrong...

[Macchendra]

And I have smelly poopy pants.

Fortunately, someone here acted to correct the mistake.

A story which was sourced from DemocracyNow was also wrong, and they have smelly poopy pants too.

They have corrected the error on their website:
A year ago the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency accused the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee of issuing a misleading and erroneous report on Iran's nuclear program. The report claimed Iran had enriched uranium to weapons-grade level when the IAEA had only found small quantities of enrichment at far lower levels.

Editor's Note: The original version of this headline incorrectly stated the IAEA had sent a more recent letter accusing Congressional Democrats of "drafting a misleading and erroneous report on Iran's nuclear program." The IAEA sent the letter on September 12, 2006 and addressed it to Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich), then chair of the House intelligence committee. The Republican majority of the committee released the report on Iran without taking a vote or discussing it before the full committee. Committee member Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) did not have a role in drafting the report and was publicly critical of its findings. At the time Holt said the Hoekstra report was "clearly not prepared in a manner that we can rely on."

I still stand by democracy now as a great source of news, especially headline news, and they have done well to follow in the great pacifica tradition, which has given us much.

I apologize for any of my ranting, and if I get too uppity in the future, please link back to this posting.

Thank you

[Fredda Weinberg]

1. Democracy Now posted a correction? Hell froze over?

Nope, don't see it on their site. Guess the world won't have to stop rotating.
:sarcasm:
And mind you, this criticism is from someone who organized national fundraisers for the network.

[Robbien]

2. Ha! Yup, Democracy Now will never admit mistakes

For all the good they do, their missteps stir up so much mischief and they never correct their errors.

Just goes to prove everything should be taken with a grain of salt.

[Macchendra]

5. Missteps?

Name three.

[Robbien]

7. I can more easily name three

or three dozen of issues Democracy Now has done right.

But that does not prevent me from remembering times when Democracy Now has pissed me off when they come down on what I have perceived to be the wrong side of things.

They do more good than harm but I am under the strong impression they rarely acknowledge their mistakes.

[Fredda Weinberg]

9. Actually, someone found a notice ... and I'm satisfied

But yes, a grain of salt is needed, but DU provides context DN necessary lacks.

[Macchendra]

4. No, it is here:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/18/1359244

starting at: "A year ago"

Why the ad-hominem attacks? Frankly, those sorts of attacks are the sort of thing I would expect to hear on Air-America.

[Fredda Weinberg]

8. I stand corrected, but my criticism was not personal

Why would I attack something I spent years promoting? In fact, I'm delighted that you found the correction - I hadn't looked that deep.

[cali]

3. Thanks.

That post pissed me off, chiefly because it libeled a good man, Rush Holt. Democracy Now should apologize to him.

[Macchendra]

6. They will

Guaranteed they will apologize tomorrow, cause that's the kind of people they are.