A) Find me the quote where Asner says he admires Stalin

"I think Joe Stalin was a guy that was hugely misunderstood" He calls him "Joe." Cripes.

Find me the part at the bottom of the article you cited in which its author retracts the quote you use above.

Asner still sounds like Lou Grant, in his choice. He also sounds like a professional craftsman in his approach to the subject, once he floated the idea.

Mr. McCullough "quoted" what he wanted to remember, rather than what was really said. Give him credit: he printed a retraction. I choose to believe that he was interested in printing the truth, rather than that he was motivated by the knowledge that there's audio tape of the interview out there somewhere.

Waiting for him to publish his retraction as a separate, soul-searching article, rather than an easily-missed addendum to the inaccurate one. Not holding my breath.

Regards--
Mary Anne