Denys Beauchemin wrote:

> The way to the Volokh conspiracy is fraught with dangers and misdirection.

(As is the Volokh conspiracy blog itself.)

> And are you actually saying some of the news stories were not completely
> accurate?  I find that hard to believe.   ROTFL.

Here's Eugene apologizing for posting a news item from a Canadian 
conservative newspaper without checking the facts, perhaps because like Dan 
Rather, he wanted the article to be true:

National Post Apologizes for the 
Iranian-Jews-Required-to-Wear-Identifying-Markers Story:
See http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/24/canada.iran.reut/index.html

"It is now clear the story is not true .... We apologize for the mistake and 
for the consternation it has caused not just National Post readers, but the 
broader public who read the story."

I also regret having passed along what proved to be an incorrect claim. I 
flagged my uncertainty in the original post, but I'd much prefer to have not 
quoted what proves to be a false story, than to have quoted it even with a 
not-sure-whether-this-is-right disclaimer.

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So far there have been no calls for Eugene to resign from his post as 
conspiracy blog anchorman.

Bruce

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