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New York Times issues massive correction after overstating COVID hospitalizations among children
Fox News ^ | 10/8/2021 | Brian Flood

Posted on 10/08/2021 8:56:35 AM PDT by george76

Paper added over 800,000 to total of kids hospitalized with coronavirus..

The New York Times issued a massive correction Thursday after the liberal newspaper severely misreported the number of COVID hospitalities among children in the United States by more than 800,000.

A report headlined "A New Vaccine Strategy for Children: Just One Dose, for Now," by science and health reporter Apoorva Mandavilli, was peppered with errors before major changes were made to the story. The Times initially reported "nearly 900,000 children have been hospitalized" with COVID since the pandemic began, when the factual data in the now-corrected version is that "more than 63,000 children were hospitalized with Covid-19 from August 2020 to October 2021."

The paper also botched actions taken by regulators in Sweden and Denmark and even bungled the timing of a critical FDA meeting.

"An earlier version of this article incorrectly described actions taken by regulators in Sweden and Denmark. They have halted use of the Moderna vaccine in children; they have not begun offering single doses. The article also misstated the number of Covid hospitalizations in U.S. children. It is more than 63,000 from August 2020 to October 2021, not 900,000 since the beginning of the pandemic. In addition, the article misstated the timing of an F.D.A. meeting on authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children

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Columnist Phil Kerpen sarcastically said the Times reporter was "meeting her usual standards" with the inaccurate report.

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Journalist Glenn Greenwald mocked the paper, too.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: children; coronavirus; covid; covid19; covidhospitalities; covidstooges; denmark; enemedia; fda; hospitalities; hospitalized; media; mediawingofthednc; newspapers; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; oldmedia; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; sweden; times
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1 posted on 10/08/2021 8:56:35 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Like don’t they bother to fact check facts before putting them into print?


2 posted on 10/08/2021 8:58:03 AM PDT by SkyDancer (If at first you don't succeed, so much for skydiving)
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To: george76

In fairness 1 and 9 look exactly alike. And started and not started are virtually the same thing.


3 posted on 10/08/2021 8:58:52 AM PDT by pas
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To: george76

The old Grey lady died long ago.


4 posted on 10/08/2021 9:02:16 AM PDT by patriot torch
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To: george76

If someone was “vax hesitant” about getting their 12-17 year-old kid jabbed before reading the Times article hauled them off to be jabbed upon reading that almost a million kids were hospitalized for Covid and said kid suffered a serious adverse effect, can they sue the Times?


5 posted on 10/08/2021 9:03:21 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: george76

Math is hard. It’s the reporter’s feelings that count.


6 posted on 10/08/2021 9:03:48 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: george76

Other than that, they got it 100% right.

Pathetic.


7 posted on 10/08/2021 9:09:57 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Billthedrill

Its about scaring people so much they beg to take the death shot

Theyve been incredibly successful


8 posted on 10/08/2021 9:10:45 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: george76

NYT? When the Lie does not sell, Tell BIGGER LIES!


9 posted on 10/08/2021 9:10:58 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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Beware the vax predators.

Keep your kids safe from predators.


10 posted on 10/08/2021 9:12:11 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: george76

Caste goon.


11 posted on 10/08/2021 9:17:13 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: george76

Overstating? Interesting choice of words, to substitute for LYING!


12 posted on 10/08/2021 9:18:01 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: SkyDancer

These days? Nope. No reason to when they get away with fake news al, the time. When they do manage to get called out, they just issue a ‘non-pology apology, and move on to the next outrageous lie. Journalism hardly exists at all these days


13 posted on 10/08/2021 9:18:28 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Billthedrill

It’s not that math is hard. Research is hard. Actual research of statistics and making sense of those numbers takes time, and these articles are written to fan flames on a specific schedule. They can’t waste time looking at statistics from multiple sources, corroborating numbers, or providing citations. That’s for journalism students, not actual journalists!


14 posted on 10/08/2021 9:19:13 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Bob434

True - I was being kinda snarky.


15 posted on 10/08/2021 9:28:58 AM PDT by SkyDancer (If at first you don't succeed, so much for skydiving)
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To: george76

Their version of hospitalized is the parent took them to the ER for wheezing so they were treated and sent home after a few hours of observation.


16 posted on 10/08/2021 9:31:02 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is a mental illness wrapped in a perverse ideology resulting in insanity.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

The rules are

1. you can sue anybody for anything

2. your odds of winning depend on your social status being agreeable to the judge


17 posted on 10/08/2021 9:33:40 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: george76
The New York Times sucks... and they're liars.

Why?

Have you EVER seen the New York Times make a 'mistake' that benefited the conservative argument?

NEVER. ALL THEIR 'MISTAKES' BENEFIT THE LIBERAL NARRATIVE.

LIKE A GROCERY STORE WHERE ALL PRICE 'MISTAKES' BENEFIT THE STORE. (also known as theft)

18 posted on 10/08/2021 9:45:42 AM PDT by GOPJ (Military suicide deaths last year: 580- By COVID:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOC_dcuJO48)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Slimes should be required to put a dollar in the Lied jar each time it has lied. It would go out of business.

19 posted on 10/08/2021 10:11:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: patriot torch

The old grey lady had multiple comorbidities.


20 posted on 10/08/2021 10:13:42 AM PDT by webheart (I thought I was helping by getting vaccinated but they say I didn’t help at all. )
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