New York Times Says There Was ‘No Factual Error’ In Hillary Clinton E-Mail Referral Story
By Erik Wemple July 24 at 10:12 AM
Hillary Clinton delivers a speech concerning the U.S. economy at the New School in New York on July 13. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
Current New York Times lead: “Two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into whether sensitive government information was mishandled in connection with the personal email account Hillary Rodham Clinton used as secretary of state, senior government officials said Thursday.”
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The original lead for the story was much the same, but with a key difference. The requests for a criminal investigation “into whether Hillary Rodham Clinton mishandled sensitive government information on a private email account she used as secretary of state,” as reported by Politico’s Dylan Byers.
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One of the story’s reporters, Michael Schmidt, told Politico, “It was a response to complaints we received from the Clinton camp that we thought were reasonable, and we made them.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/07/24/new-york-times-says-there-was-no-factual-error-in-hillary-clinton-e-mail-referral-story/
New York Times Alters Clinton Email Story
By DYLAN BYERS
7/24/15 4:58 AM EDT
The New York Times made small but significant changes to an exclusive report about a potential criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's State Department email account late Thursday night, but provided no notification of or explanation for of the changes.
The paper initially reported that two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation "into whether Hillary Rodham Clinton mishandled sensitive government information on a private email account she used as secretary of state."
That clause, which cast Clinton as the target of the potential criminal probe, was later changed: the inspectors general now were asking for an inquiry "into whether sensitive government information was mishandled in connection with the personal email account Hillary Rodham Clinton used as secretary of state."
The Times also changed the headline of the story, from "Criminal Inquiry Sought in Hillary Clinton’s Use of Email" to "Criminal Inquiry Is Sought in Clinton Email Account," reflecting a similar recasting of Clinton's possible role. The article's URL was also changed to reflect the new headline.
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http://www.politico.com//blogs/media/2015/07/new-york-times-alters-clinton-email-story-211176.html
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