NYT Issues Correction After Coronavirus Death List Includes Suspected Homicide Victim
From DAILYCALLER.COM
The New York Times’ list of 1,000 coronavirus victims displayed at the top of its Sunday edition included the name of at least one individual whose death reportedly had nothing to do with the pandemic.
“U. S. deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss,” the headline reads, just above the list of 1,000 names, meant to be 1% of the overall toll.
The outlet, however, removed the name and reposted the list via Twitter along with a correction notice:
Correction: Earlier editions of Sunday’s front page included at least one name in error. Our original tweet containing an image of that front page has been deleted and replaced with an image of the late edition. — The New York Times (@nytimes) May 24, 2020
At least one Twitter user caught and posted the mistake:
The Times told Business Insider that “a team of editors and three graduate student journalists — compiled the details from online obituaries and death notices that included COVID-19 as the cause of death.... (Read more)
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