NY Times makes a 'lacking' correction about person they reported as a 'rioter' at the U.S. Capitol

Doug P. | 11:02 AM on January 11, 2021

Mainstream media “journalism” hit a new low last year. However, this is a new year, but with the same “journalism”:

I know things were a hectic, but I find it rather shocking the ease with which the NYT invented a story about a credentialed reporter out of whole cloth and then published it.

Given how rapidly the FBI is arresting people, the NYT should take pains to get this stuff right. https://t.co/5VMJ6P0nvg

— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 11, 2021

The correction comes after the Times labeled a Daily Caller reporter as a rioter at the U.S. Capitol.

For those who don't know, Sunday's @nytimes published an image of @RichieMcGinniss, referred to him as a "rioter" and said he was engaged in violent activity at the capitol.

NONE OF THIS IS TRUE.

— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 11, 2021

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Look at this caption. He was literally pointing at his phone that he dropped in the melee, it had all his work on it from the day. pic.twitter.com/vy108B6qzl

— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 11, 2021

For sure the photographer heard him asking about this. He was in the maelstrom no different than several other reporters.

NYT libeled him, then in their correction, left the implication that POSSIBLY MAYBE because he works for a RW outlet he may have had some role.

DISGUSTING

— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 11, 2021

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