Mistaken recall report still echoes

Madison radio station WIBA tries to clean up the mess after the Associated Press incorrectly reported that Citizens for Responsible Government was planning to try to recall Gov. Jim Doyle. WIBA's story:

Despite what you may have heard or read in a Milwaukee newspaper... Citizens for Responsible Government is NOT trying to recall Governor Doyle:
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Sound bite: "categorically false..."
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Chris Kliesmet of CRG... who blames the confusion on a headline writer at the Milwaukee newspaper. But Kleismet says they WILL launch a grass roots effort to make sure Doyle is not re-elected next year:
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Sound bite: "...will go through regular election process, but not a recall effort."
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Kleismet says Doyle has not been fiscally responsible. Citizens for Responsible Government is the same group that's trying to recall Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.
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A second version:

It was somewhat of a surprise this morning when word went out that the group now involved in trying to recall Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz now wants to recall Governor Doyle.. with less than a year before the next gubenatorial election. That word also came as a surprise to Chris Kleismet.. spokesperson for that recall group .... Citizens for Responsible Government:
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Sound bite
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Kleismet says his group would like to see Doyle out of the governor's mansion but they will try to unseat him next year through the election process... not through a recall.

And a third:

"Absolutely false"... that's the latest word from Citizens for Responsible Government on news this morning the group is launching a recall effort agaist Governor Doyle. Chris Kleismet... spokesperson for the group... says the confusion came from what he calls a misleading headline this morning in the Milwaukee newspaper. Kleismet does say his group will try to unseat Governor Doyle next year but through the election priocess:
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Sound bite "... not fiscally responsible"
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Citizens for Responsible Government is the same group that IS trying to recall Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.
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The headline writer gets the blame, but don't you think the person on the desk at AP, who wrote the wire version, should have read the story and not just the headline?

The result is certainly more exposure than CRG might have gotten if the story hadn't gotten garbled. But will the extra coverage help the group build its membership or make it seem like they're a little confused?