Initiative 200 would prohibit the use of race and gender preferences in government contracting, hiring and admissions. Nothing more, nothing less. This is a patently false claim. Indeed, such programs are thriving. This spring, thousands of University of California students, faculty admissions officers, and even the chancellors of UC Berkeley and UCLA, made phone calls and home visits to top qualified black and Latino high-school seniors.
Sins of omission can be as damaging to the news media's credibility as sins of commission.
Voters in Washington state deserve a more complete and accurate picture of the legal and practical effects of the movement to end government race and gender preferences. Michelle Malkin's column appears Tuesday on editorial pages of The Seattle Times.