Score one for the good guys! As Twitchy reported on Feb. 11, impartial and nonpartisan NPR absurdly called the looming sequestration cuts a “Republican invention.”
Though A Republican Invention, Obama Could Get Blamed For Sequester http://t.co/FsftZWeN
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) February 11, 2013
Even PolitiFact admits that “sequestration was an idea that came out of Obama’s White House.”
https://twitter.com/NPR_Not_Neutral/status/301180472451551234
After conservative Twitter users cried foul over the false and biased claim, NPR quietly changed the headline to “Republicans Push To Rebrand Automatic Spending Cuts As Deadline Nears.”
https://twitter.com/NPR_Not_Neutral/status/301359469999304705
https://twitter.com/NPR_Not_Neutral/status/301507618629898242
Not good enough.
https://twitter.com/NPR_Not_Neutral/status/301156146272677889
https://twitter.com/NPR_Not_Neutral/status/301400895390883841
https://twitter.com/NPR_Not_Neutral/status/301452657917321216
Twitter user @NPR_Not_Neutral kept the pressure on and received a promise from NPR social media staffer Kate Myers.
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@NPR_Not_Neutral I don't have a hard and fast rule, but inspired by your question, I'm taking it to our standards & practice editor.
— Kate Myers (@TheKateMyers) February 14, 2013
Today, NPR finally tweeted a correction.
NPR has issued a correction on the headline change for this story http://t.co/3sM2nrl74i Thanks to all (esp. @NPR_Not_Neutral) who flagged!
— Kate Myers (@TheKateMyers) February 21, 2013
Here’s the complete correction, dated Feb. 20:
The original headline for this story inaccurately suggested Republicans were primarily responsible for devising the across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration.
Well done, @NPR_Not_Neutral and everyone who used Twitter to hold the lapdogs’ paws to the fire!
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