From a reader:

Jonah,
I thought the Thomas interview was good last night on 60 Minutes, too
(what I saw of it). The ABC News coverage isn’t bad either (though it
needs some better proofreaders) — but it has some howlers in it, too: [Link]
At the beginning of the story, they’re trying to sell the storyline
that Thomas’ book will have some surprises for both liberals and
conservatives (or as they put it: “This portrait that will confound
his critics and surprise his supporters.” — yep, that’s the full
sentence). Here are some of the surprises for his supporters:
– He is not a “flawless model” (this gets repeated — i.e. that his
conservative supporters have held him to be without flaws. Really?
Has anyone really ever said such a thing?)
– “He is adamantly opposed to affirmative action, but for entirely
different reasons than white conservatives who drive the debate by
arguing that it’s unfair to white people. Thomas says affirmative
action instead has hurt blacks.”
So no white conservatives have argued that affirmative action is wrong
because it hurts blacks?! (note the “entirely different reasons” in
that sentence). And while of course those opposed to affirmative
action because they see it as reverse discrimination believe that it’s
unfair to whites (and others — e.g. Asians), has any white
conservative really made this the centerpiece of his argument against
affirmative action?