Don't they hire fact checkers?

From today's Washington Times:

Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.

Really? Congressman Ron Paul wrote this... two years ago:

We must end the perverse incentives that encourage immigrants to come here illegally, including the anchor baby incentive.

I’ve introduced legislation that would amend the Constitution and end automatic birthright citizenship. The 14^th amendment was ratified in 1868, on the heels of the Civil War. The country, especially the western territories, was wide open and ripe for homesteading. There was no welfare state to exploit, and the modern problems associated with immigration could not have been imagined. Our founders knew that unforeseen problems with our system of government would arise, and that’s precisely why they gave us a method for amending the Constitution. It’s time to rethink birthright citizenship by amending the 14^th amendment.

It took less than 30 seconds on the internet to call up this statement by Dr. Paul. The failure of major press outlets to accomplish such simple fact-checking is why so many people no longer consider them credible. Regardless your opinion of Paul as a "major" candidate, such sloppy--or deliberately misleading--reporting is simply unacceptable in a country that needs fair and accurate information in order to remain free. Obviously, The Huckster thinks this is a winning position in the minds of the American people... which begs the question: how much more support would Ron Paul have if his positions were accurately discussed in the press?