Thomas Sowell Recommend this article  On page 28 of last
Sunday's New York Times, right opposite the page where the
obituaries were, at the very bottom was a news item almost
exactly the size of a 3-by-5 card.  It was a fraction of an
Associated Press dispatch about Richard Brodhead, president of
Duke University, apologizing for "not having better supported"
the Duke lacrosse players last year when they were accused of
rape.  When this story first broke last year, it was big news
not only on the front page of the New York Times but on the
editorial page as well.  The way things were discussed in both
places, you could hardly help coming away with the conclusion
that the students were guilty as sin. But now that the president
of Duke University apologizes for the way he handled the case,
that gets buried on page 28 at the bottom, opposite the
obituaries.  There is no indication that the Times itself is
going to apologize for joining the lynch mob in the Duke "rape"
case -- as it did in the Tawana Brawley "rape