Chicago Politics at work in Washington - Followup to Reuters Retraction

It looks like Chicago political thuggery is flourishing in it's new digs at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  Remember the Reuters story from Monday that was pulled 4 hours later after a complaint from the White House? The one that talked of all BHO's backdoor tax increases? It seems the reporter, Terri Cullen, has left the employ of Reuters - no details given.  Below is a story in Sunday's NY Times "Media Decoder".  Watch your back, Ms. Cullen.

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February 5, 2010, 6:37 pm

Journalist Whose Article Was Retracted Leaves Reuters

By RICHARD PéREZ-PEñA

The journalist who wrote an article on Monday that turned into an embarrassment for Reuters and a cause for some conservatives has left the wire service, the company said Friday. A Reuters spokeswoman declined to say whether the journalist, Terri Cullen, left voluntarily, or why. “I can’t really go into any detail,” said the spokeswoman, Courtney Dolan.
Ms. Cullen stepped down less than a month after being hired for the newly created position of wealth management editor. She had worked for more than a decade for The Wall Street Journal Online.
Her article said that President Obama’s budget amounted to a backdoor tax increase for middle-income and even lower-income people, based largely on the scheduled expiration of income tax cuts passed in 2001. But the president had actually proposed keeping those cuts in place for all but high-income families.
After a complaint from the White House, Reuters withdrew the article, stating that it was inaccurate. But by then, some prominent conservatives had seized on the article, and a few — notably Rush Limbaugh — insisted that the retraction meant simply that the media were protecting the president.