MOLLY IVINS SAID WHAT? PT II

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 13, 2005 11:23 AM

A few weeks ago, Arthur Chrenkoff and many other bloggers called attention to Molly Ivins’ outrageous claim that America has “killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein ever did.”

Ivins wrote something even more stunning in her column yesterday–a major correction and apology (hat tip: Ken Waight, Lying in Ponds):

CROW EATEN HERE: This is a horror. In a column written June 28, I asserted that more Iraqis (civilians) had now been killed in this war than had been killed by Saddam Hussein over his 24-year rule. WRONG. Really, really wrong…There have been estimates as high as 1 million civilians killed by Saddam, though most agree on the 300,000 to 400,000 range, making my comparison to 20,000 civilian dead in this war pathetically wrong.

I was certainly under no illusions regarding Saddam Hussein, whom I have opposed through human rights work for decades. My sincere apologies. It is unforgivable of me not have checked. I am so sorry.

Well, good for Molly. This is quite remarkable and welcome.

Now, if she had only been as humble to conservative essayist/author Florence King for her serial plagiarism of King’s work…

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Update, 7/14: A reader points out that our side, including one blogger cited in this post, played fast and loose with body counts too.

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