Bill Kristol's column contains "a major, prejudicial error" about Obama

Marc Ambinder exposes "a major, prejudicial error" in today's NY Times column by right wing warmonger Bill Kristol. Clearly, Kristol didn't check his facts (not that facts would matter to Kristol). Kristol asserts that Obama "was in fact in the pews" at his church on July 22nd during one of Rev. Wright's sermons. But, Obama wasn't. He was in Florida. Kristol's source -- and I'm not kidding -- was the wingnut site, NewsMax. That has to be a first for the NY Times.

Pretty big mistake for something that could so easily be verified, as Ambinder notes:

Now, a simple Google search suggests that Obama spent most of the day in Miami. But a simple e-mail or telephone call to Obama's campaign might have cleared things up.

It's an especially big mistake given the context. The NY Times just let Kristol spew misinformation from its op-ed pages. He leveled a serious charge against Obama without checking the evidence. Doesn't the Times now fire reporters who make stuff up?

UPDATE 10:35 a.m.: Still no correction from Kristol or the NY Times. The website of the Times is updated every minute, it seems. Apparently, there is a new standard for facts on the Times op-ed page for Kristol (and his NewsMax sources.) Maybe the op-ed page editor should do a little googling and find the facts that evade Kristol. Try the terms "Obama" "Miami" "July 22" and "La Raza."