Fox News: Newspaper Retracts 1863 Editorial Calling Gettysburg Address ‘Silly’

When it comes to correcting the record about a timeless speech, no retraction is too late.

gettysburg-edit-outtakeOne-hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln passionately appealed for the preservation of the union in the Gettysburg Address, the Patriot-News of central Pennsylvania, known back then as the Patriot & Union, is retreating from its stance in 1863 that Abe’s Civil War speech was “silly.”

“In an editorial about President Abraham Lincoln’s speech delivered Nov. 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, the Patriot & Union failed to recognize its momentous importance, timeless eloquence, and lasting significance,” the paper wrote on its editorial page Thursday. “The Patriot-News regrets the error.”

Heh. Would that the mainstream media have this kind of humility and good sense!

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