Correction

Yesterday I wrote a post in which I said that the News & Record editorialists  "toed the line" of those clamoring for war with Iraq. That was my memory. Whether I was completely wrong, confusing the homegrown editorials with those of other columnists printed in the paper at the time or going on an impression more of the news coverage, I was not accurate.

While I was unsatisfied that the N&R ever adequately delved into the available information that contradicted the official warmongering claims, they did not accept those claims without question on the opinion page either. Former N&R reporter Lex Alexander brings this N&R editorial from six weeks prior to the start of the war to my attention. It questions the case for war, thus making my previous characterization inaccurate.