'Wash Post' Disputes Gallagher Claim of Retraction

[CatWoman]

NEW YORK Universal Press Syndicate columnist Maggie Gallagher says The Washington Post retracted a claim about her in a Saturday column by Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt.

"I would not call it a retraction," responded Hiatt, when reached by E&P.

Added Howard Kurtz, the Post writer who broke the story about Gallagher receiving $21,500 from the Department of Health and Human Services to write marriage-themed material, "The only retraction is in Maggie Gallagher's imagination."

Hiatt's column discussed various columnists, including Gallagher, involved in controversies this month. He wrote that Gallagher "should have disclosed her government payments in columns on the subject," and that writing an opinion column and doing consulting work for the government are roles that "coexist uneasily." Hiatt also wrote: "We have not written editorials about Gallagher; she was not paid to covertly espouse administration views in her column."

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000780656

[Parche]

1. gallagher

Is that the same Gallagher that uses a sledgehammer and Watermelons on stage?

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. LOL n/t

[CatWoman]

4. Hi, Vinnie

:hi:

[rucky]

5. no, but she's just as funny. n/t

[CatWoman]

6. She should use the sledgehammer on her keyboard

[NC_Nurse]

3. Gee, you'd think a columnist would

know a retraction when they see one. She's really trying to slime her way out of this .... :eyes:

[blondeatlast]

7. This bears watching. Could one of the whores actually go down

in flames, kicking and screaming the entire way, this time?

It's ugly, but I just gotta watch...

[blm]

8. The BIGGER scandal is she's shilling for Bush's MOONIE Marriage Program.

Bush based his marriage initiative on Moon's Marriage Programs and tapped Wade Horn, a regular at Moonie seminars, to run the program.