Time for Time

Time magazine makes a glaring and unacceptable stumble by repeating a fable about Sarah Palin as though it were fact. For a magazine with the reputation of Tiime, this is unacceptable. Yes the editors can run a correction. Yes the correction would be welcome. But it is not enough. Time bills itself as a news magazine. It has a responsibility to check and double check and triple check what appears on its pages and to do this before publication. Running a correction of its terrible blunder is elementary. But Time should also run a cover story documenting all the lies and distortions and rumors and gossip it has printed about Sarah Palin. It should express regret for these falsehoods. It is past time for Time to offer responsible, honest, factual reporting on all politicans. It is past time for Time to keep its editorial opinion on its opinion pages. The opinion pages should not include every page of the publication unless Time wants to change its description and change it now to gossip magazine. A news magazine has a responsiblity to report facts. It's elementary journalism. For now Time is not even in the elementary grade when it comes to Sarah Palin.