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Setting the Record Straight

Last week, we posted a message from frequent Slate contributor Walter Dellinger about a recent controversy over New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse. In an e-mail to Ed Whelan at the National Review Online, Dellinger retracted the last sentence of that post, in which he wrote that the Times was "wrong to dignify these attacks as if they were honest complaints that deserved an answer." Dellinger clarifies that he never intended to impugn Whelan's honesty and apologizes for the implication.

Emily and I couldn't agree more with Dellinger that disagreements on the merits needn't turn into accusations about the honesty of the folks on the other side.

To read more on this, click here. Our thanks to Patterico for bringing this to our attention last night.