Posted on 02/12/2005 12:24:02 PM PST by kristinn
The Washington Post, for some unknown reason, has retitled an article about the O'Malley rumor story. Yesterday, when the story was first published, it was entitled Scandal Puts Focus on Role of Bloggers, with the sub-head Conservative Site was Host for Rumor. That was the way it was published online and in the print edition.
Today, however, the article online--with the same URL as the original--is titled, Uproar Brings Focus on Bloggers, with no sub-head.
Also, the page placement on the byline is now listed as "B-1" but the original was buried on page B-5 in print and online.
Finally, the article has been removed from the Metro section, where it was originally published, to the "Technology/Special Reports/Internet" section.
I find this rather curious, especially in light of my interview with David Snyder of The Post last Thursday for this article. I told him one of the reasons for wanting to archive stories on Free Republic was the habit of the news media to change published versions of stories to suit a political agenda.
Link to Free Republic excerpt of WaPo article with original headline.
Link to WaPo article with new headline/placement.
Please note the content of the article is unchanged, as best as I can tell, from comparing yesterday's print edition and the current online version.
You should know how it works, you've read Orwell's '1984' I bet.
You mean sue them?
Was hoping for something worse, like jail time for one of their 'reporters'.
I would doubt that. running fake news articles is apparently not a criminal offense.
Yeah, after Dan Rather you'd think I'd have learned that.
*sigh*
There is no legal requirement for the media to report the facts accurately just as schools are not legally required to do any educating
Like I said, you'd think I'd have learned by now.
*chuckle*
Sorry, gotta agree with the late edit. No credible assertion was made; there's no grounds for calling it a scandal. OTOH, they would never have corrected themselves is conservatives had objected to a headline.
Revisionists hit again.
guess the newspaper guys woke up to the fact that sooner, rather than later.......it going to be found out that MD4Bush may have been working with them....
And they will take a major hit...
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