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Before we get to last night's debate, a little unfinished business from yesterday morning:

09:53 AM 9/13/2006, you wrote:

Re: By KATE ZERNIKE Published: September 13, 2006

Either we're reading it wrong, or Kate Zernike needs to brush up on her U.S. history a bit. She writes:

"In Maryland, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, easily won the Republican nomination in the contest to replace Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, a Democrat who is retiring after 30 years.

Mr. Steele, a rising star in the party who would be the first black Republican in the Senate if elected, will face either Representative Benjamin L. Cardin or Kweisi Mfume, the former head of the N.A.A.C.P., who led 16 other Democratic candidates."

The first black Republican Senator elected by popular vote was Massachusetts' Edward Brooke. He served from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1979.

Best,

Editor - 201k.com

On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Greg Brock wrote:

Dear "Editor - 201k:"

You are indeed correct. I almost spilled my coffee this morning when I read this. We will publish a correction tomorrow. And the article is being corrected on our Web site.

Thanks for writing and keeping us on our collective toes.

Best regards,

Greg Brock
Senior Editor

At 11:30 AM 9/13/2006, you wrote:

Thanks, Greg Brock. I spilled my coffee too, but that was probably just the shakes.

Is Steele's campaign the source of the error, do you know?

Best

201k

On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:33 AM, Greg Brock wrote:

Oh, no. I think we just goofed. I won't name names. But one person who was associated with that article worked for The Boston Globe for a number of years. Ouch.

At 11:52 AM 9/13/2006, you wrote:

I dunno, I sense a cover-up. I'll just put that you confirm the Times is getting its info from Republican operatives in order to further the Bush agenda and the global fascist conspiracy. Can I get your home phone number for confirmation?

You could always cheat and claim that they meant the first black Republican Senator "from Maryland". I won't tell. I promise.

No response to this so far.

No idea what's in today's print edition of the Times, but on the website they have no correction. The article has been edited to remove the clause "who would be the first black Republican in the Senate if elected..." from the sentence.

Rest assured, we won't give up on this story. Here at 201k we doggedly pursue the media's lies and obfuscations to the bitter end -- and we won't let anything stop us from getting to the bottom of this, even if it means doing hand-to-hand battle with the covert operatives that Greg Brock -- if that is his real name -- has no doubt dispatched to come after us.

Because we care about you, Poor Readers. And we care about America.