CNN thought it found the perfect human face to put on MySpace statistics and voter registration numbers it tried to use, in an American Morning segment, to prove that the popularity of Barack Obama had campus conservatives on the run at American colleges. USC's Eric Perlmutter, identified as a member of the College Republicans, was quoted saying "we try to get people out to our college Republican meetings... but we can't seem to get the same amount of support" as Obama. After the president of the USC College Republicans spoke up to say he had never met this guy , CNN issued a fairly damning correction : A CNN spokeswoman admitted the error this evening in an e-mailed response: "Eric Perlmutter appeared on today’s American Morning segment about young Republicans on college campuses. While he attends USC and says that he is a registered Republican, he was inadvertently identified on-screen as a member of the USC College Republicans organization. "We regret that error. We have invited Ben Myers, the president of the USC College Republicans organization, to appear on American Morning at a future time." CNN altered its online story to identify Perlmutter as simply a Republican student. But that still leaves a big question unanswered: What the hell sort of meetings is Perlmutter talking about if he's not a member of the College Republicans? He said he tried to get people to come to some sort of gathering, which implies he's part of some ...
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CNN thought it found the perfect human face to put on MySpace statistics and voter registration numbers it tried to use, in an American Morning segment, to prove that the popularity of Barack Obama had campus conservatives on the run at American colleges. USC's Eric Perlmutter, identified as a member of the College Republicans, was quoted saying "we try to get people out to our college Republican meetings... but we can't seem to get the same amount of support" as Obama. After the president of the USC College Republicans spoke up to say he had never met this guy , CNN issued a fairly damning correction : A CNN spokeswoman admitted the error this evening in an e-mailed response: "Eric Perlmutter appeared on today’s American Morning segment about young Republicans on college campuses. While he attends USC and says that he is a registered Republican, he was inadvertently identified on-screen as a member of the USC College Republicans organization. "We regret that error. We have invited Ben Myers, the president of the USC College Republicans organization, to appear on American Morning at a future time." CNN altered its online story to identify Perlmutter as simply a Republican student. But that still leaves a big question unanswered: What the hell sort of meetings is Perlmutter talking about if he's not a member of the College Republicans? He said he tried to get people to come to some sort of gathering, which implies he's part of some ...