Original sentence: "  According to Lee, he went on to joke with the assembled reporters how he didn't want to wake up the next morning with headlines about how he wants to shoot Charlton Heston.In May of 1999 The New York Post printed a story that left out the surrounding context and matter-of-factly suggested that Spike Lee wanted Charlton Heston to be shot.Lee claims to have been misquoted.Lee was asked by a reporter about the post-Columbine attacks on Hollywood.Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey issued a statement condemning Lee as having "nothing to offer the debate on school violence except more violence and more hate
Edited sentence: "  Spike, having been misquoted before by the mainstream media, then went on to joke with the assembled reporters how he didn't want to wake up the next morning with headlines about how he wants to shoot Charlton Heston." Though Lee made many media appearances and spoke with a number of newspapers correcting the account of what happened, the misquote remains more well-known then the actual quote.In May of 1999 at the Cannes Film Festival screening of Summer of Sam, Lee was asked by a reporter about the post-Columbine attacks on Hollywood.Ironically, that's exactly what happened.The New York Post, owned by conservative-advocate Rupert Murdoch, printed a story that left out the surrounding context and matter-of-factly suggested that Spike Lee actually wanted Heston to be executed.The story made it all the way to the halls of Congress as Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey issued a statement condemning Lee as having "nothing to offer the debate on school violence except more violence and more hate