"It Only Takes 20 Minutes to Shift the Blame" (RE: Brooklyn Bridge)

[NashVegas]

[EFerrari]

1. This went out last night but is now hitting Twitter big time.

Greg Mitchell, Bianca Jagger, Salman Rushdie, all over it! :toast:

[annabanana]

2. We should do what we can to be sure that EVERYONE sees this by

the next weekday newscycle. HEY RACHEL!

[tblue]

3. Look at the byline: Al Baker.

Time to call him out!

[SW_Ohio_Dem]

4. WHO shifted the blame ???

Take a look at the bylines on these two stories.

Colin Moynihan is a Lower East Side reporter and, according to some Google links, he's been arrested a couple times covering various protest stories.

By 7:19, Al Baker got his hands on the story. Al is the NYT Police Bureau Chief. If he did nothing more to the story than change the first sentence, that was enough.

Wonder if anyone here had an agenda to work ??

[Mojeoux]

5. Yeah, why did Colin Moynihan let Al Baker

Take over the lead credits and change the story? WTF?

[prairierose]

6. Reporters usually have no choice and often do not know...

when an editor makes changes like that.

[alterfurz]

7. revised NYT masthead: "All The News That Fits, We Print"

[yardwork]

8. Excellent documentation!