Reply #9: Contact MSNBC.com corrections.

[mountebank]

I just sent this e-mail to them at [e-mail]


In your article "Protests accompany Bush acceptance speech" of September 2 you include the following information:

"Also taken into custody on Wednesday were a dozen whistle-blowing AIDS activists who infiltrated the Garden during a gathering of young Republicans.

Cheers and scuffles

A scuffle broke out, and one young Republican suffered a cut near his temple. A demonstrator, with authorities grabbing her knees and shoulders, was carried off the floor to cheers."

This protest was caught on videotape by a local ABC affiliate in New York. The tape clearly shows two men pulling the female protestor down to the floor as she has her hands raised, and then one of the men kicking the woman as she lies on the floor. The video can be seen at this address:

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/gopcon/index.html

under the link "Protestors Breach Security, Make It to Garden Floor."

While there is some dispute about whether the injury inflicted to the young Republican in your story was the result of an accident, there can be no dispute that a young male Republican assaulted a helpless female protestor.

Please correct your story to include this information.

Sincerely,