SF Chronicle admits error in quoting hate group as legit source without full disclosure

From the Human Rights Campaign (fyi - I know for a fact that HRC got involved behind the scenes as soon as this came out earlier, so they're not stealing anyone's thunder):

As most of you know by now, the SF Chronicle ran an article yesterday about a campaign the city is undertaking to get more GLBT people to adopt foster children that also cited arguments from anti-gay individuals. In that article, the SF Chronicle cited Paul Cameron as an “expert” and simply sourced him as the director of the Family Research Institute – hardly a complete picture of this character.

Thanks to the blogosphere who pointed out the glaring omission of Cameron’s full background, the communications department here at the Human Rights Campaign quickly contacted the reporter who wrote the story and asked for an immediate clarification from the paper that correctly sourced Paul Cameron’s complete background. Within an hour, the SF Chronicle agreed to run a clarification and a few minutes ago sent us the text of their clarification that is now posted online. The text of the clarification is below and can also be viewed [here]:

CLARIFICATION: In an article about San Francisco's campaign to get more gays and lesbians to adopt foster children - as well as an opposing evangelical campaign to get more Christian families to adopt -- the Chronicle quoted Paul Cameron, director of the Family Research Institute.

The article should have noted that Cameron, who believes gays make unfit parents and self-published dozens of articles he said were based on his research, was expelled from the American Psychological Association in 1983 when he refused to subject his work to peer review. The article also should have reported that his Family Research Institute was named a hate group in 2006 by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The San Francisco Chronicle did the responsible thing and quickly clarified their omission....

If the religious right leaders want to rely on Paul Cameron, they do so to their own detriment. However, we will not tolerate seeing the notoriously homophobic Cameron treated as an expert on issues that affect our community. And this clarification will allow other reporters in the future to fully understand just exactly who this guy really is.

And to reiterate, major credit to this intrepid blogger who discovered the Cameron mention in the Chronicle.