Daily Howell-er

Deborah Howell kinda sorta, like, maybe, corrects the misstatement that got her in so much hot water:

The Firestorm Over My Column

I wrote that he gave campaign money to both parties and their members of Congress. He didn't. I should have said he directed his client Indian tribes to make campaign contributions to members of Congress from both parties.

A mere semantic quibble? I think not, particularly when the quibble concerns someone who makes their living in the word business. To say, "Abramoff gave money to both parties" clearly implies bi-partisan corruption, and Howell should have immediately retracted the statement instead of throwing a hissy fit. Yes, some comments on the WaPo blog were obscene. And nobody likes being cussed at. But the Republican Abramoff scandal is far more obscene than saying "fuck" several times in a blog post.

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