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March 10, 2006 6:08 pm ET

SUMMARY: CNN ran a headline on its website referring to a political attack by RNC chairman Ken Mehlman as "Dems Indicted."

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As noted by blogger Joshua Micah Marshall, on March 10, a headline on CNN.com read: "Dems Indicted; Clinton, Kerry Targeted." But the headline's suggestion notwithstanding, the article referred to a March 10 Associated Press report detailing criticisms by Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman of former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), not to criminal indictments. The AP's headline, which CNN rejected, read: "GOP Chairman to Single Out Kerry, Clinton."

— K.D.
CNN responds: A CNN spokeswoman tells us: "I wanted to alert you to the fact that the 'Dems Indicted' headline ... was NOT authored by CNN. In fact, the story was from the AP [Associated Press], and I understand that Netscape wrote the headline."
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