LA Times Issues Dobson Correction

Remember what I wrote about James Dobson? Well some folks are actually printing retractions to their editorials. If you have registered with them, a link is here. If you haven't the text is below.

SpongeBob — An editorial Saturday about children's literature and cartoons erroneously stated that James Dobson of Focus on the Family declared that SpongeBob SquarePants is a homosexual sponge. Instead, in a speech last month, Dobson criticized as pro-homosexual a tolerance video featuring SpongeBob, Big Bird and others.

This original editorial is here. It is a typical editorial in that it didn't bother to check if any of it's "facts" were actually true. Why let truth get in the way of good writing or, in this case, bad writing?