I think Vaughn Ververs at Public Eye might be sort of ticked at me, but I’m impressed by the way he went and got answers after I criticized a leading story on CBSNews.com. Ververs appears intent on proving some of my initial concerns about Public Eye to be unfounded, and so far he’s doing a good job.

I critcized the story because its lede characterized Bush’s remarks thusly:

President Bush Tuesday took responsibility for government failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina and said the disaster raised broader questions about the government’s ability to respond to natural disasters as well as terror attacks.

Actually, Bush accepted responsibility for “federal” government failures, not all of the failures preceding and following Hurricane Katrina. CBSNews.com was not alone. CNN got it wrong, and Drudge linked to an AP article with a similar mischaracterization. Perhaps with the benefit of more time, leading stories in the both New York Times and the Washington Post accurately characterized Bush’s words.

Ververs asked:

Seems to me like a rather semantic issue but one illustrative of the current dialogue. Spruiell says leaving the word