The Blogosphere Gets One Wrong (?)

Philip Bennett, the Washington Post Managing Editor quoted in a Chinese newspaper making what seemed to be anti-American remarks, seems to have been the victim of editing by the Chinese newspaper in question. Whether or not that editing changes the tenor and meaning of remarks is open to interpretation.

As Hugh Hewitt reports, by including the man's version of his remarks, he's still ambivalent about the concept of American leadership, but wasn't as emphatic about that as the edited remarks made him sound.

On the other hand, Powerline thinks he's still basically implying American leadership is some sort of colonialist or imperialist rule.

The quotes as reported were in error, and I, showing my amateurism, trusted a state-run communist rag. Whether or not Bennett comes off any better in the accurate transcript is for you to decide, but I blew one here-- this is just the sort of thing the MSM complains about with regard to bloggers' failing to check what they're linking.

And I apologize for that.

Thanks to KCTrio for the tip.

posted by Ace at 12:29 AM

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