The MSM distortion of President Bush’s remarks is spreading like wildfire.

Mudville Gazette corrects the record.

Will the media?

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Results!

Several readers e-mailed the San Francisco Chronicle, including blogger Jeff H. of Think Sink. An excerpt from his e-mail exchange:

Will you correct the clearly misleading headline? Civilians are not the same as military, police, insurgents, translators.

Response:

I know. I don’t write headlines. I have told editors to correct.

Thanks for writing.

Edward Epstein
Washington Bureau
San Francisco Chronicle

Sure enough, the headline has now been altered (with no correction or acknowledgement).

Before:

After:

It’s a start.

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Video of President Bush’s remarks at The Political Teen.