The PAPER OF RECORD, the New York Times Issues Correction After Claiming Satire Website Babylon Bee ‘Trafficked in Misinformation’!!!!
The New York Times recently updated a piece on Facebook’s moderation of satire, removing a claim that Babylon Bee “trafficked in misinformation.”
The New York Times, in the middle of a court battle over allegedly defamatory articles, which, according to a judge, said reporters failed to note that they inserted opinions, made the update and issued a correction after receiving a demand for a retraction over claims about the Babylon Bee, a satire website.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
Also from the article; All reference to the Bee was removed, except for in the correction. “An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to the Babylon Bee, a right-leaning satirical website, and a controversy regarding the handling of its content by Facebook and the fact-checking site Snopes,” the NY Times said in the correction.
Do note the inclusion by the NYT of the description of the BB as 'a right-leaning satirical website'. Should one search the NYT archives for reference(s) to 'left-leaning' in ANYTHING? Probably not, to the NYT, LEFTism is the water they swim in, in other words, normality!
The New York Times recently updated a piece on Facebook’s moderation of satire, removing a claim that Babylon Bee “trafficked in misinformation.”
The New York Times, in the middle of a court battle over allegedly defamatory articles, which, according to a judge, said reporters failed to note that they inserted opinions, made the update and issued a correction after receiving a demand for a retraction over claims about the Babylon Bee, a satire website.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
Also from the article; All reference to the Bee was removed, except for in the correction. “An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to the Babylon Bee, a right-leaning satirical website, and a controversy regarding the handling of its content by Facebook and the fact-checking site Snopes,” the NY Times said in the correction.
Do note the inclusion by the NYT of the description of the BB as 'a right-leaning satirical website'. Should one search the NYT archives for reference(s) to 'left-leaning' in ANYTHING? Probably not, to the NYT, LEFTism is the water they swim in, in other words, normality!