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From the “why we can’t have nice things file”

September 14, 2018 By Tom Sadler

C’mon NYTimes, you can do better than this.

When we try to convince people journalists are not the enemy of the people, this does not help…Get it right or don’t do it.

Editors’ Note: September 14, 2018

An earlier version of this article and headline created an unfair impression about who was responsible for the purchase in question. While Nikki R. Haley is the current ambassador to the United Nations, the decision on leasing the ambassador’s residence and purchasing the curtains was made during the Obama administration, according to current and former officials. The article should not have focused on Ms. Haley, nor should a picture of her have been used. The article and headline have now been edited to reflect those concerns, and the picture has been removed.

 

Source: State Department Spent $52,701 on Curtains for Residence of U.N. Envoy – The New York Times

Updates:

Media critic Eric Wemple weighs in the same day with an op/ed in the Times:

Backlash to the initial New York Times presentation has been robust, as well it should be. There are plenty of examples of bona fide Trump-era abuses of taxpayer money — see Scott Pruitt’s strange security purchases and Tom Price’s travel expenses. No need to fashion a headline suggesting that Haley belongs to that group.”

Source: New York Times wrongs Nikki Haley with curtain headline

And you people are not helping either:

Reporters in Hurricane Florence, please stop acting like you’re hanging on for dear life

The WaPo takes a look:

New York Times backtracks on a tale about some expensive curtains

 

Filed Under: Clips, Featured, First Amendment Tagged With: New York Times

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