It's annoying to hear the political editor of CNN, which touts itself as "the most trusted name in news," botching basic facts.
During the Race to '08 podcast on Friday, CNN's Mark Preston said Newt Gingrich "came out with the goal that if he could raise $30 million in three weeks he would get into the race. To me, that's unrealistic to raise that amount of money in such a short period of time."
Gingrich didn't say he would need to raise $30 million in donations; he said he would enter the race if he collected $30 million in pledges, which are presumably easier to get. (Newt still decided not to run.) How did Preston fail to make this distinction? It was all over the news, including the CNN website.
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