Too good to check

The New York Times, better late than never:

An article on May 4 about black liberation theology and the debate surrounding the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr, Senator Barack Obama’s former minister, erroneously confirmed a statement by Mr. Wright that the United States has used biological weapons against other countries. There is no evidence that the United States ever did so.

(Via the Corner.)

How does such an outlandish claim get past their vaunted army of editors and fact-checkers?

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