New York Times

Another NYT Editor Tries To Explain Why Changes In A1 Gitmo Story Are No Biggie

Justin Elliott | May 22, 2009, 6:38PM

New York Times standards editor Craig Whitney has now chimed in on the paper's changes to its front-page story on "recidivism" among freed Guantanamo detainees -- and Whitney is joining a colleague who thinks the after-the-fact rewriting of the front-page story's headline and lead was no big deal.

Here's Whitney's rather tortured reasoning for why there was no need to issue a correction, as paraphrased by Michael Calderone of Politico:

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