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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLaurence Tribe just tweeted an APOLOGY to Nancy Pelosi.
He had retweeted a piece from the Hill that had a misleading headline, implying that she didn't think it matters if the Democrats win in 2018.
Thank you, Laurence Tribe!
Laurence Tribe?Verified account
@tribelaw
Laurence Tribe Retweeted
Misled by the headline, I hope @NancyPelosi will accept my apology: all she actually called "unimportant" was whether she'd run for speaker.
still_one
(92,594 posts)spooky3
(34,559 posts)To read the full story and ask questions if something just doesn't make sense.
hlthe2b
(102,634 posts)He's one of the really honorable guys worthy of respect.
Kingofalldems
(38,537 posts)catbyte
(34,578 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Common sense should have told everyone that there was more to the story as there's no logical reason why she would have suggested that winning in 2018 wasn't a priority, if not THE priority.
I figured that out without reading beyond the headline, and Laurence Tribe is smarter than I am.
Gothmog
(146,202 posts)LisaM
(27,874 posts)Headline writers drive me bonkers these days.
R B Garr
(17,026 posts)TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)I saw this story making the rounds on all the boards - posters are saying it's time to do away with Pelosi, she's not a fighter, blah, blah, blah!
Posting links to stories with deliberately misleading headlines is the modus operandi of the propaganda outlets. They're banking on people taking in the headlines and not reading the entire story....
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)Progressive dog
(6,937 posts)because some people don't actually bother to read the story. At least Lawrence Tribe did apologize but many who used that twisting of Nancy's words to attack her won't.
ismnotwasm
(42,037 posts)pnwmom
(109,030 posts)he retweeted.
But I know that never happens . . .
ismnotwasm
(42,037 posts)Anymore I read something then go fact check it best I can. It's become too easy to be informationally lazy
Tarheel_Dem
(31,260 posts)pnwmom
(109,030 posts)erpowers
(9,350 posts)It is always best to read an entire story before commenting on the story. The headline can make you think one thing is being said in the article only to find out once reading the article that something totally different is being said. I often find that when I read an article my comment about the article is different than it would have been if I had just comment on the headline. Reading only the headline causes a great deal of problems for many people.
lapucelle
(18,423 posts)at his Harvard Law School addressm and asked him to so just that.
I wonder how many emails like mine he received today.
pnwmom
(109,030 posts)lapucelle
(18,423 posts)Larry Tribe <larry@tribelaw.com> 7:10 PM (1 hour ago)
to me, tribe
Done.
Laurence H. Tribe
Carl M. Loeb University Professor and
Professor of Constitutional Law
Harvard Law School
Hauser 420
1575 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Perhaps you could send a request for resignation email to Trump
lapucelle
(18,423 posts)Maybe the email was the last straw.
spooky3
(34,559 posts)Several emails and replied to each. Admirable.
Me.
(35,454 posts)a. That you defended Nancy P. in such a direct manner
b. That he respected your comment enough to reply
spooky3
(34,559 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)So we see even those who breathe rarified air can fall victim. At least this one apologized and clarified.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,131 posts)elleng
(131,592 posts)MUCH closer to impressions of him.
Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)and beg absolution for their delighted support of anyone who might have been attacking Pelosi?
Or if they're simply to busy rolling on the floor and cackling still.
Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)But like many blind adherents to a religious doctrine, they will never actually own up to being wrong, will they?
SunSeeker
(51,898 posts)Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)And the dogma seems to bear the odor of religion as well.
SunSeeker
(51,898 posts)He apologizes.
mcar
(42,489 posts)Well done Mr Tribe.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)None of that mealy-mouthed "Sorry if you were offended" nonsense. Own up, admit your mistake, and apologize.
George II
(67,782 posts)Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)Though they had no problem demanding absolution or mocking requests to correct the rather flagrant error.
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