New York Times Corrects Its ACORN Coverage
The New York Times today ran several corrections relating to its coverage of conservative activist James O’Keefe’s dealings with community group ACORN.
Times Ombudsman Clark Hoyt on Saturday criticized the Times for its failure to correct its ACORN coverage, saying the paper has “has played into the hands of a campaign that has pushed the group near extinction.”
Today, the Times issued its corrections.
Several articles since September about the troubles of the community organizing group Acorn referred incorrectly or imprecisely to one aspect of videotaped encounters between Acorn workers and two conservative activists that contributed to the group’s problems.
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