1614 The birth of an urban legend

and we are in the delivery room--The Washington Post online edition. Captain Ed at Captain's Quarters says even a blogger wouldn't leave up an inaccurate post like Dan Froomkin's, in which Bush's polling numbers among blacks is listed as 2%. Then buried at the bottom Froomkin does acknowledge at the end of his breathless excitement that only 807 people were polled, "This latest poll included 807 people nationwide, and only 89 blacks. As a result, there is a considerable margin or error -- and the findings should not be considered definitive until or unless they are validated by other polls."

Then, probably after Ed pointed it out in his #1 blog, Froomkin provides an update with the correct information, which shows no change at all among black voters, (because this falls within the margin of error, says Ed).

"[Late Update: The Pew Research Center is just out with its latest poll, which has a larger sample, and it finds Bush's approval rating among blacks at 12 percent, down only slightly from 14 in July. Here are those results .]" But in the meantime, others who read Froomkin's article before his correction are going with the 2% figure. Pull it Mr. Froomkin. Otherwise you look like a reporter for the MSM who makes up stories where there is none.