UPDATE
The Washington Post has removed the word “CORRECTION” from the top of Taylor Lorenz’s Johnny Depp–Amber Heard article and replaced it with “EDITOR’S NOTE.” Oh, and it’s still wrong:
Perhaps it's also worth nothing: the *third* version of the lengthy, multi-pronged Correction appended to Taylor Lorenz's fairy tale — now upgraded to "Editors' Note" — still contains a blatant falsehood. Neither creator was contacted *before* publication, as even she admits: pic.twitter.com/IAtfDWJYUj
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 5, 2022
From Alyte Mazelka:
Oh, idk about that, Taylor, I believe @ThatUmbrella and I both gave commentary to add—just not the kind you wanted to include.
And for the record, your latest editor’s note is still not correct. https://t.co/RhArkSbAky
— Legal Bytes 🍽💙 (@legalbytesmedia) June 4, 2022
ORIGINAL POST
Unbelievable. The Washington Post has totally changed the correction it issued on Taylor Lorenz’s Johnny Depp–Amber Heard article that we told you about a few hours ago:
Washington Post adds a pretty harsh correction to Taylor Lorenz’s article on the Depp-Heard trial https://t.co/zdqLtm3I5v
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 3, 2022
It now reads:
CORRECTION
The first published version of this story stated incorrectly that Internet influencers Alyte Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy had been contacted for comment before publication. In fact, only Mazeika was asked, via Instagram. After the story was published, The Post continued to seek comment from Mazeika via social media and queried ThatUmbrellaGuy for the first time. During that process, The Post removed the incorrect statement from the story but did not note its removal, a violation of our corrections policy. The story has been updated to note that Mazeika declined to comment for this story and ThatUmbrellaGuy could not be reached for comment. A previous version of this story also inaccurately attributed a quote to Adam Waldman, a lawyer for Johnny Depp. The quote described how he contacted some Internet influencers and has been removed.
And here’s what the first correction said:
CORRECTIONA previous version of this story inaccurately attributed to Adam Waldman a quote describing how he contacted some Internet influencers. That quote has been removed. The story has also been amended to note The Post’s attempts to reach Alyte Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy for comment. Previous versions omitted or inaccurately described these attempts.
Good thing we took a screenshot of that first one:
And here’s a screenshot of the second correction. . .just in case:
Will there be a third version? Stay tuned!
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
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