The past tense of lead is led

And similarly, it's misled, not mislead. We're not the first to note this, but it's getting ubiquitous in the blogosphere, and we expect better from CJR Daily.

In addition to putting [Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan] Hecht on the phone with conservatives, the White House also evidently put him on the phone with journalists, because his testimony about the state of [Harriet] Miers' heart lead both articles.

Now cut it out. And while we're picking nits in other people's copy, "in addition to" is just a verbose way of saying "besides."