nytimes retracts

The NY Times had three front-page hard hitting stories about Gov. Palin yesterday. One day later, it has already retracted one of those pieces. Apparently a single source is enough evidence to place something on the front page of the paper alongside two other attack pieces.

The information in the Times article was based on a statement issued Monday night by Lynette Clark, the party's chairwoman, who said that Ms. Palin joined the party in 1994 and in 1996 changed her registration to Republican.

On Tuesday night, Ms. Clark said that her initial statement was incorrect and had been based on erroneous information provided by another member of the party whom she declined to identify. The McCain campaign also disputed the Times report, saying that Ms. Palin had been registered consistently as a Republican.

I would say that this kind of journalistic fraud would be "unbelievable", but unfortunately for the NY Times, it is all too believable.