NYT Issues Retraction

Real Clear Politics ... The New York Times ^ | September 3, 2008 | BLAKE DVORAK

[george76]

Yesterday the McCain camp hit back hard on this front-page NYT story by Elisabeth Bumiller reporting that Sarah Palin had been a member of the Alaska Independence Party in the 1990s.

Today, the paper ( New York Times ) writes:

" The chairwoman of an Alaskan political party that advocates a vote on the state’s secession from the union said Tuesday that she had been mistaken when she said Gov. Sarah Palin was a member of the group.

A front-page story in The New York Times on Tuesday ...

The information in the Times article was based on a statement issued Monday night by Lynette Clark...

On Tuesday night, Ms. Clark said that her initial statement was incorrect and had been based on erroneous information provided by another member of the party whom she declined to identify. "

[Old Sarge]

No doubt the retraction was in Section H-5, underneath the Real Estate Classified.

[Free ThinkerNY]

[george76]

Bumiller asserted as fact what turns out to have been an “incorrect” statement by a single, unidentified source.

Given that the story appeared on the front-page of this country’s ‘paper of record,’ we might be forgiven for expecting a slightly more rigorous standard of reporting, yet Bumiller makes no apologies...

She is completely confident in the word of a single source who has since retracted her claims?

What kind of operation are the editors at the Times running?

http://www.johnmccain.com/mccainreport/Read.aspx?guid=faa9b0ce-06ad-4c26-bfbc-e7b083e2bc2d

[andyandval]

What kind of operation are the editors at the Times running?

Not a very good one!

[Gator113]

“What kind of operation are the editors at the Times running?”

One that is going through a death rattle.

[bert]

Think Jason Blair. Think Dan Rather

[llandres]

“No doubt the retraction was in Section H-5, underneath the Real Estate Classified.”

Count on it. I’m a news/political junkie, and I knew NOTHING about this retraction or about the McCain camp hitting back about it - seems I find out most of the important facts from this Board!! Thank you, Free Republic - but a real shame for the millions of voters who don’t hear the truth from any sources/media at all.

That’s SO unfair. Fox News Channel is running an hour bio on Sarah right now, but even THEY haven’t righted this wrong (to my knowledge).

[ricks_place]

Assuredly, The New York Times publishes All the News That’s Fit to Print. Unfortunately, Consumers must ascertain the fit parts from the deceptions.

[CASchack]

"The report was incorrect, but the future allegations are true."

[SERKIT]

NYT writes the script for the rest of the Karaoke Media Machine (KMM). For them to admit an error is a big deal. We’ll see if the KMM picks up the retraction.

[Bryan24]

Newspapers should adopt the policy of issuing ALL retractions on the Front page, above the fold.

[Bryan24]

Newspapers should adopt the policy of issuing ALL retractions on the Front page, above the fold.

[martin_fierro]

[tobyhill]

The MSM is digging a deeper and deeper hole for themselves.

[Bernard]

I still prefer the Mad Magazine version: “All the News that Fits, We Print”.

[Tempest]

The jerks should be fined and forced to run the retraction on the front page for 3 consecutive days.

[jerod]

What ever happened to idea of checking your sources?

[alarm rider]

The NYT is always issuing retractions. Lack of oversight and incompetence. Where else can you do that and get away with it all the time.

Fold you twits.

[skinkinthegrass]

One of many, I'm sure. *bookmarked* ....only b/c it's so apparent.....the Karaoke (MSM/DBM: APoop/NYT/WaPo/ABCNNBcBS/pBS/FauxNC) Journalists are @ it again.