The Continuing Okrent Story

This is for those of us following the emails we sent to Daniel Okrent of the NY Times after Nagourney/Stevenson mis-stated the state of the Iraq war.  

As a reminder, they said:

Mr. Bush has other factors potentially in his favor, several Republicans said. The economy is showing signs of strengthening, though it remains an open question whether that is happening in time to change voter attitudes about how

Mr. Bush is managing the economy. In Iraq, the transfer of sovereignty has led to some reduction in American casualties.

Now to what's new on my end.....

This is a bit like beating a dead horse, but I found this reply quite interesting.  I had several email exchanges and got the same responses that were diaried here.  However, in response to linking Okrent to several casualty sites, I got this reply:

Dear xxxxx,

Please accept my apologies for our confusing message. I had misread numbers provided by different sources, and am looking further into it. I hope to get back to you soon.

Yours sincerely,
Daniel Okrent
Public Editor

Wonder if they're going to issue a correction, or at least comment on it?  That would show some integrity anyway.