Hawaii Paper Misquotes Churchill, Issues Correction
Beleagured Ethnic Studies Professor Ward Churchill suffers another indignation at the hands of MSM (mainstream media for those of you just joining the conversation.) The Honolulu Star Bulletin yesterday quoted Churchill as saying he was not a Native American. Confronted with the audio and video of his speech, the paper has retracted its claim.
"In fact, he said the exact opposite," [Professor]Stannard said. "It's all over the place now (on the Internet). How do you put it back in a bottle? This gives strength to his argument that he is being misrepresented by the media."
.... Star-Bulletin reporter Craig Gima said he was standing at the back of the room and may have misheard Churchill....after a day-long search for a tape, and an evening spent listening, Star-Bulletin city editor Ed Lynch said the paper would be publishing a correction today. "He said, 'Lets cut to the chase on that,"' Lynch said. "We're going to have to publish a retraction."
Here's what Churchill actually said, according to today's Star Bulletin:
But a review of video and audio tapes of the speech shows that Churchill actually said: "Is he an Indian? We really care. We're trying to protect the rights of Indians to divine for themselves, say this circle of flies in the form of white reporters circling a manure pile like it's of all consequential importance. Cut to the chase on that."
Churchill went on to say that he is an associate member of the Keetoowah tribe and that associates are enrolled in the band after their genealogy has been vetted by the enrollment office. He said that he is less than one-quarter Indian, so he does not qualify to be a full member.
Too bad the paper didn't have enough integrity to accompany its correction with an apology. Not even a "We regret the error."
Not only that, but the paper reports there were 800 in attendance at Churchill's University of Hawaii speech, and most were favorable to Churchill:
The crowd was mostly sympathetic to Churchill, a University of Colorado ethnic studies professor. He was applauded more than a dozen times and was greeted at least three times with standing ovations.
There were about a dozen protestors. But check out the photos accompanying the article. They highlight four persons in attendance, every single one holding a protest sign.
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