Even more on the Huppenthal video

by David Safier

Democratic Diva, which was the source of my story about the Hupp video, has issued a mea culpa.

. . .  it seems that the snippet of the interview I got from youtube was taken out of context and that Huppenthal did return after he’d left the room and completed the interview. . . . I blogged in haste and I humbly apologize.

I won't go as far as the Diva. I watched both the shorter piece and the entire report by the high school journalist. The shorter piece showed the entire Hupp interview, so it wasn't "edited" in that sense. Its only mistake was a statement at the end saying Hupp left and didn't return. In fact, that's the impression left by the original piece, which has no visuals or comments about Hupp returning. The inference was incorrect, but it didn't come from any editing tricks.

And since it's possible the reporter misunderstood the bill in question, Hupp's confusion might have been a result of that misunderstanding.

A correction is in order. With that said, watch the video and form your own opinion about how well Hupp weathers the interview.

UPDATE: Phoenix New Times, which also covered the story, went back and corrected the record. I'm pleased to see that people who covered and mischaracterized the interview, myself included, have felt the need to write about the incident again based on new information, rather than just moving on.