As an update to this story we told you about Wednesday night, the New York Times has removed the picture of the Patriots’ 2015 visit to the White House:
Correction: April 19, 2017
An earlier version of this article included photos comparing the size of the Patriots’ gathering at the White House in 2015 and the gathering on Wednesday. The photo from Wednesday only showed players and coaches; the 2015 photo showed players, coaches and support staff and has been removed.
Well then, why hasn’t the paper deleted the now viral tweet? Over 42,000 RTs, and counting:
Patriots' turnout for President Obama in 2015 vs. Patriots' turnout for President Trump today: https://t.co/OxMEOqZonI pic.twitter.com/pLmJWhOw1j
— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) April 19, 2017
For comparison purposes, a tweet with a link to article that doesn’t include the photo from 2015 has only been RTd less than 20 times:
Some Patriots skipped the White House visit for political reasons while Tom Brady cited "personal family matters" https://t.co/5lV1pghwM3
— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) April 19, 2017
Hey, fake news sells.
The Times did later retweet out the fact-check from the Patriots:
UPDATE: Patriots say # of players was smaller this year than 2015 (34 vs. 50) but total delegation was roughly the same. pic.twitter.com/Ij77Def8z5
— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) April 20, 2017
But that’s too little too late. The paper should delete the tweet that they’re earning clicks off because of their admitted error.
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Related:
Patriots: New York Times photo comparison between Trump and Obama turnout way out of bounds https://t.co/nnEqahLKgD
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 20, 2017
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