"Too late". A $250M defamation lawsuit wonderfully focuses one's mind, don't it? [NY Post] The Washington Post on Friday issued a lengthy editor's note concerning their story about the Covington Catholic controversy, acknowledging that "a more complete assessment of what occurred" emerged after its initial story.
The editor's note concerned a Jan. 19 report about the incident involving a confrontation between Kentucky high school student Nicholas Sandmann and a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial the previous day.
"Subsequent reporting, a student's statement and additional video allow for a more complete assessment of what occurred," the editor's note read.
The note comes 10 days after Sandmann filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the The Washington Post claiming its story led to a "mob of bullies which attacked, vilified & threatened" an innocent minor.