Oct 1, 2010

NYT skips over Claremont

The New York Times picked up the story about Christine O'Donnell's errant educational background - sort of. The profile, written by Mark Leibovich, mentions the false claim she'd attended England's Oxford University but not the false claim that she'd attended Claremont Graduate University. East Coast bias? Here's the relevant passage:
Ms. O’Donnell has faced charges this week that she lied about her educational record — a claim on two online business networking sites that she had attended Oxford University when in fact she participated in a summer program from the Phoenix Institute, which was housed at the elite British university. “I was never dishonest about my education,” she said. “Whether someone put it there to call me a liar, whatever

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