The year 2003 ended with a reporter allegedly misrepresenting a candidate’s stance on Roe v. Wade, and then both the candidate and the reporter compounding the alleged error by misrepresenting what Roe actually said. The former may have been the result of an error, or a misinterpretation of what the candidate meant, or a deliberate attempt to create a story where none existed. But the latter error by both the candidate and the reporter was sheer ineptitude. And both have gotten away with it, until now.

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