FAIR: NY Times Corrects the Record after AntiWar Smear

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FAIR: NY Times Corrects the Record after Anti-War Smear

Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit FAIR - Jun 19, 2006

Activism Update

New York Times Corrects the Record Anti-war smear unsubstantiated

6-19-06

On June 16, FAIR issued an Action Alert questioning a New York Times op-ed's claim that "hundreds of anti-war protestors...appear at military hospitals and ceremonys." On June 17, the New York Time printed the following correction on its op-ed page:

An Op-Ed article on Monday, about demonstrations at military ceremonys, hospitals and memorial services, incorrectly described the protesters at the military ceremonys discussed in the article. In some cases, the protesters were members of an anti-gay group, not people opposed to the Iraq war; in others, the families of the dead service members were unable to determine the affiliation of the protesters.

FAIR would like to thank all of the activists who wrote to the Times in response to FAIR's June 16 Action Alert.