Sheesh! The NYTimes just cannot get their facts straight on Supreme Court Nominee Judge John Roberts. Take a look at these corrections (via Regret The Error) - all made on one day (8-11-05):
A front-page article on Thursday about the furor caused by a television advertisement criticizing Judge John G. Roberts Jr. for an argument he made before the Supreme Court in an abortion-related case included an erroneous report from the ad’s sponsor, Naral Pro-Choice America, about the involvement of one cable network. While Naral bought time on CNN and on stations in Maine and Rhode Island, it did not book the ad on the Fox News Channel. (A spokesman said Naral had intended advertise on Fox but had never struck a deal - a decision of which he was unaware when he issued the list to the press.) Link
An article on Wednesday about comments by Judge John G. Roberts Jr. on the evolution of law governing end-of-life issues surrounding the Terri Schiavo case misstated a word in a 1928 Supreme Court dissent by Justice Louis D. Brandeis cited by Judge Roberts. The opinion spoke of "the right to be let alone" - not "left" alone.
The article also misstated the year in which Judge Roberts filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing, successfully, that a century-old antidiscrimination statute could not be used to quash protests at abortion clinics. It was 1993, not 1971. Link
An article on July 22 about efforts by the White House to shore up support for Judge John G. Roberts Jr. among social-issue conservatives, a full year before he was nominated for the Supreme Court, referred incorrectly to his dissent in a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, involving the arroyo toad. (The error was repeated in articles on July 23 and on Tuesday.) Judge Roberts said the court should rehear the case and consider whether the Interior Department had properly invoked the Endangered Species Act in this circumstance. He did not say the federal government lacked the power to block a California real estate development because it endangered the toad. Link
An article on July 20 about preparations by advocacy groups to oppose Judge Roberts also referred incorrectly to his dissent. He did not question the constitutionality of the Endangered Species Act. Link
Hat tip: reader "Stoo" - thanks!
Related: Michelle Malkin and Patterico both note how the NYTimes finally gives mention to the Air Enron story and gets that one wrong as well 
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Ken Mehlman, Chair of the RNC sent out an enail to all subscribers to various GOP URL’s. In it He outlines the ” Democratic attack strategy against judge Roberts”, listing the Lefts three point plan. Its all true enough. The problem I have is I see no indication that the Reps are taking the bull by the horns and asserting their majority status. Its really, really aggrivating after we all worked so hard to win the past election. Here was my reply to his email:
Mr Mehlman:
“Personally I’m starting to be disgusted with the wussy response of the Republican Senators/Congressmern in this whole nomination fiasco. We are acting like we are the minority party. We should have short circuited this stalling, obstructionism tactic of the Liberals/Democrats from the very beggining as soon as it was obvious they’re so desperate they’d do anything to derail the normal process, and avoid a straight up or down vote. We are playing right into their hands. Drop the damn bomb and quit screwing atround. A lot of my conservative friends and I are starting to wonder what the point of winning the election was. We are letting the minority party and idiots like Kennedy, the resident drunk/murderer, dictate the way we run the country. I just don’t understand it. Ther liberals use the courts to legislate what they can’t get through the ballot box, denegrate and bad mouth the very troops of our military that protect their loud mouth lying asses, perpetuate abortion on demand, obstruct every effort by our officials and law inforcement agencies to protect us, try through communist/atheist organizations like the ACLU to eradicate every vestage of religious/morality reference in America, and our elected Republican congressman and Senators sit on their collective butts and watch it happen….
Pissed off Neocon
- I’m not sure the RNC leadership understands how angry some of us are at the collective weakness of our conservative leadership. I think its time we started letting them know….
Comment by Big Bang Hunter @ 8/12/2005 - 11:11 pm
If it weren’t so commonplace, it might be funny. The Old Gray Lady is so often full of errors, one wonders what their editors really do when they’re at work…now that would make a great Top Ten list if Letterman wasn’t so lib.
BTW, I appreciate reading your great insights over at LBC in addition to here. Keep up the great work.
Comment by Chris Roberts @ 8/13/2005 - 11:05 pm
Bang: “I’m not sure the RNC leadership understands how angry some of us are at the collective weakness of our conservative leadership. I think its time we started letting them know….”
ST: Got that right! Believe me, I’ve already made my thoughts on the conservative leadership known through email.
Chris: Thanks! Just checked out your blog - consider it added to the ST blogroll
Comment by Sister Toldjah @ 8/14/2005 - 1:29 pm