PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Editorial: Spreading false information because you don’t know the facts is a mistake. Continuing to spread false information when you know the truth is lying.
That’s what a Washington-based, big-money political group did by continuing to run TV commercials that used false information to smear Pennsylvania Attorney General candidate Kathleen Kane as being “soft” on rape….
Once the group, the Republican State Leadership Committee, was confronted with the inaccuracies by the Daily News’ Chris Brennan, it was obligated to pull the ad. It said it would, and even admitted to the errors. But the ad ran for three more days. Continuing to broadcast the false ad turned what could have been explained as an unintended mistake into a lie… (more)
