Original sentence: " Walker faced broad criticism for the changes and at first blamed the re-writing of the Wisconsin Idea on a "drafting error".It was later reported by Politifact and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Walker's administration had insisted to University of Wisconsin officials on scrapping the Wisconsin Idea, the guiding principle for the state's universities for more than a century.Walker acknowledged that UW System officials had raised objections about the proposal and had had been told the changes were not open to debate
Edited sentence: "   However, subsequently uncovered facts suggested that his administration actively pursued these changes, contrary to the governor's claims, as revealed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Politifact."  Walker faced broad criticism for the changes and at first blamed the re-writing of the Wisconsin Idea on a "drafting error