NYT: Mistakes were made.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Fortunately, journalists rallied to make sure sentient airplanes would be less likely to kill ever again.

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[LAS14]

1. What does this mean? nt

[Glorfindel]

2. It wasn't the airplanes that "took aim"

It was the terrorists piloting them. A "sentient airplane" has yet to be invented.

[JHB]

3. It wasn't planes that took aim, it was the terrorists that took control of them

That passive "things happened" framing is an all-too-common feature of modern mainstream journalism.

[Roland99]

4. NYT lede makes it seem like the airplanes made the attack, not hijackers

[graeme_macquarrie]

7. If you read the tweet..

The New York Times states that "planes" took aim at the world trade center towers, not that terrorists piloted the planes into the towers.
Planes were the weapons terrorists used to kill more than 3,000 people. Planes did not kill of their own accord, planes are not sentient beings.

[GeorgeGist]

5. The airplanes didn't take aim.

[dalton99a]

6. Trump Urges Unity vs. Airplanes

[Mosby]

8. This is quite common, in a certain context.

https://www.camera.org/article/wave-of-palestinian-violence-accompanied-by-spate-of-bad-writing/