bertha lewis, the lady from acorn, it was bertham. lewis who visited the white house. if you get a hundred thousand people visiting the wliet house in a month, mostly as a tourist destination, and then you relesioned seven months of visit xx logs at a time, you're getting a half million names. there are some people who sound like they are public figures, when really, they are not. >>> given this large amount of data, the records we're publishing today include a few false positives. names you may think of a well-known person, but are actually of someone else. when that happened, the normal media at the time, mostly, reported it that way. white house posts visitor's list. is that the bill heirs? no. here's the new york daily managing. white house jeremiah wright. michael moore. names don't match, controversial figures. so that's perfect, right? they get -- the boldface names up there, they've got the scandal right up there in the headline and they tell you, actually, this is not a scandal. that's how to report what did or did not happen. in the conservative media, michae

bertha lewis, the lady from acorn is bertha m. lewis. bertha e. lewis visited the white house, probably for a tour. i hope she had a nice time. if you get 100,000 people visiting the white house in a month, mostly as a tourist destination and then release seven months of visitor logs at a time, you are getting close to 750,000 names you are releasing as part of this searchable public document. when you have that many names you are releasing, yeah, there will be some people who sound like they are public figures when really they are not. and the white house when they release these initial logs with these hundreds of thousands of names they realized that was going to happen. they published a blog post explaining that people should not get too excited about individual names without further checking. given this charge amount of data the records include a few false positives. names that make you think of a well-known person but are actually someone else. and you know, when that happened, the normal media, at the time, mostly reported it that way. this w