Writer of False Story About Scott Walker Slashing Funding for Rape Reporting is ‘Sorry, Not Sorry.’

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2015-03-04 20:23

Story here. Excerpt:

'The Daily Beast has retracted an article claiming that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker cut all provisions requiring the state’s universities to report sexual assaults. Before finally admitting she “screwed up,” the source of the post tried to defend herself on Twitter.
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Then she refused to apologize, blaming both the Wisconsin budget and Walker himself for her mistake:

“And I’m not gonna apologize for what was in the budget. Because that was in the budget. Ask your gov. to apologize for bad optix.” — Natasha VC (@natashavc) February 28, 2015"
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In a related story, a New York Times columnist wrote two weeks ago that Walker was responsible for 2010 cuts to education, resulting in teacher layoffs. The problem being, Walker didn’t take office until 2011.

Generally, the candidate most feared by the opposition receives the most slings and arrows. Before Scott Walker has even announced whether he will seek the nomination, the majority of those slings and arrows seem to be coming his way.'

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