Does the Washington Post think that this “Editor’s Note” will save it from a massive lawsuit payout?

Basically, the Post is admitting it made an error. But I don’t see an apology, do you?

It isn’t so much inaccurate reporting that’s the problem here. Reporters sometimes get it wrong and in a rush to be first with the story, they make mistakes.

This was not one of those kinds of mistakes. The issue is that the Post had a preconceived bias before the story was even written. They assumed the story told by Phillips was the truth. They believed him because he was an “activist” for an oppressed minority and rushed to judgment, smearing a bunch of kids from a small Catholic high school who acted appropriately given the circumstances.

The Post isn’t alone, of course. The TV news networks and other major newspapers all rushed to judgment on a story without checking the facts. It took conservative news sites and blogs to expose the media’s blatant bias, finally forcing them to climb down and admit they were wrong.

The paper is being sued by one of the students, Nick Sandmann, for a whopping $250 million. Other suits are expected. If the only way to “reform” journalism in this country is by threatening to bankrupt them, so be it.