Tom Edsall Retracts and Apologizes.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

To a certain brave, tenacious, intelligent and attractive Ukranyan immigrant and the online publications for which she toils:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/25/the-intriguing-death-of-t_n_153518.html

Lala, Arianna should allow you to administer a good spanking, with a ping-pong paddle, on Mr. Edsall's bare bum. The photo montage alone could well win a Pulitzer. ;-)

[bluesmail]

1. That was quick. n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. That was an apology to Lala-Raw which

by being in the Hufffington Post helps get this story out in the national news.

[mod mom]

3. Can you find Lala's response @ Huff Po w/o being linked by the update?

I looked but couldn't find it.

[starroute]

4. Here's the direct link to Larisa's open letter at HuffPo

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/an-open-letter-to-profess_b_153524.html

Let me first say that I respect professor Edsall tremendously. He is a treasure to journalism. Unfortunately, he has been incredibly sloppy and bordering on defamation in his latest entry on the unfortunate death of GOP programmer Michael Connell.

Edsall rightly takes to task the many people that have prematurely determined that Connell's death was anything but an accident. I agree with him on that point. I have seen an incredible number of conclusions drawn and people are jumping the gun, while others are going completely into insane musings of missing bodies and such.