During his June 18 appearance on WLS' morning radio show, we caught GOP Rep. Mark Kirk repeating a debunked claim about the Chinese drilling for oil in Cuban waters. Later that day, we published the audio to the blog, along with evidence that Kirk's assertion was false.
On June 30, TPM Election Central picked up on our original post and added Kirk to their growing list of Republican members of Congress who have persisted in advancing this falsehood despite the fact that Vice President Dick Cheney -- who was one of the first to make the claim -- retracted it on June 13.
Then today, the Washington Post's Capitol Briefing blog reported on the story, noting that Kirk was among the five federal lawmakers who have persisted in spreading this assertion long after it was debunked. The Post also pointed out that Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) -- one of the five -- ended up the subject of a Kansas City Star editorial as a result.
If only one of our local papers would do the same ...
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