Reporters at the Washington Post insist they never said the Schiavo “talking points” memo was circulated by Republican operatives.

But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, one of the newspapers that ran the Post’s March 19 story about the memo, isn’t buying it:

Clarification for April 2

A Washington Post article about congressional intervention in the Terri Schiavo case published March 19 in the Post-Dispatch included a description of a memo asserting that the action could benefit Republicans politically. The article said the memo was “distributed to Republican senators by party leaders.” A later version of the story did not specify the authorship. The authorship remains unknown.

Ouch.

Update: Turns out the Post-Dispatch’s clarification was based on an “advisory” sent out by the Post. See here for more information.