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Dave Levitan
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Deputy editor, Splinter, covering climate and more. Previous: The Messenger/Grid, bylines all over before that. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (2017, WW Norton). Davelevitan{at}gmail.com
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Some corrections in the media are misspelled last names. Calling someone an assistant professor when they had recently been promoted to associate. A misheard year that makes someone a few years older than they are. Then there's this. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/u...

A correction was made on Sept. 1, 2024: An earlier version of this article incorrectly said that a local chapter of Moms for Liberty had accidentally quoted Adolf Hitler in a newsletter. The group, which later issued an apology, was aware that the quote was from Hitler when the newsletter was published.
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SDstevedarnall.bsky.social

It's been said before, but at this point going to the New York Times and expecting journalism is like going to Comicon and expecting the guy in the Batman costume to fight crime.

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Hhellianne.bsky.social

The most charitable interpretation of their use of that quote that I can envision is that they failed to make it clear that the words indicated a bad thing that they think folks on the left are doing. (Spoiler: The ones on the right are doing it.)

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TBrogerailes.bsky.social

To be fair, Moms for Liberty is not an Ivy League college president who did nothing wrong.

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I keep being happy with my decision to cancel my NYT subscription.

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SWstaidwinnow.bsky.social

What gave it away? That they themselves attributed the quote to Hitler?

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Wwallybuan0.bsky.social

They weren’t just “aware” They added a fucking citation They were proud of it!

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MKmattknight.bsky.social

Corrections should also explain how the error was made. In this case, it appears the NYT gave the benefit of the doubt to the Hitler quote-having newsletter organisation.

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YLiamyvonnel.bsky.social

Sometimes, even the New York Times accidentally tells the truth.

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Uunhipcat.bsky.social

‘Yeah. We knew it was hitler. But we didn’t think anyone would notice or care.’ in case anyone forgot, moms for liberty was founded by the family values christian Declaration of Independence couple who did the threesomes but the wife didn’t feel good so the husband just raped the unicorn instead.

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WMwilliamcavert.bsky.social

We stated that it was an accident, whereas actually it was just a little joke, no big deal. We regret the error.

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Dave Levitan
@davelevitan.bsky.social
Deputy editor, Splinter, covering climate and more. Previous: The Messenger/Grid, bylines all over before that. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (2017, WW Norton). Davelevitan{at}gmail.com
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