Could you imagine a paid (“professional” journalist) listening to a speech by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia claiming he'd have dissented against Plessy V Ferguson (the Decision that inculcated "Separate but Equal" segregation) and hearing that, "Justice Scalia would’ve dissented on Brown V Board of Education?” (the case that eradicated segregation)....No, neither can I.
Does that sound anything like a “mistake?”
Of course not...Plessy V Ferguson was the case that instituted “Separate but Equal” and it sounds nothing like Brown V Board of Education...there’s nothing in the names of those two cases that make confusing the two even possible.
So either By Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services is grossly incompetent and thus not even really “semi-pro"or sub-blogger (a distinct possibility, I'll admit), OR (and THIS seems far more likely) he’s a vile, virtually insane ideological bigot. On the proverbial "bright side," it does provide yet more proof that America's "blogging rabble," as off-the-cuff and unvetted as many often are, actually have a track record no worse than that of our "vaunted mainstream media," so Mr. Fischer should be thanked for providing at least that.
The article is still up (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146308) but with this editor’s note: “Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story that was originally posted Oct. 26. It removes an incorrect reference to Brown v. Board of Education in the initial version.”
As Ace at Ace of Spades HQ (http://ace.mu.nu) wryly notes, “But the truth is: The media gets very little right at all. Even the most basic stuff, they blow. They're not merely biased and partisan, but hapless and incompetent at what is, at the end of the day, a fairly simple job.”
I’m still not buying the “honest mistake" here...because this is one of those that’s just too incredibly STUPID to be a mistake....and oh yeah....the Lefty bloggers have bought and ran with it hook, line...and stinker.
