What in the world is going on at The New York Times? The Washington Times reports that The New York Times had to delete a 9-11 tweet today that seemed to imply that it was somehow, planes, not bad people, who were responsible for 9-11-2001’s horrific tragedies. The original tweet read:
“18 years have passed since airplanes took aim and brought down the World Trade Center, Today, families will once again gather and grieve at the site where more than 2000 people died.” After much backlash, they deleted, updated and apologized for the tweet. The newly updated tweet now reads:
“18 years after nearly 3,000 people were lost, families of those killed in the terror attacks will gather at the 9/11 memorial. There will be a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., then the names of the dead — one by one — will be recited.”
A subthread says below:
“We’ve deleted an earlier tweet to this story and have edited for clarity. The story has also been updated.”
See the tweets below from The New York Times:
We've deleted an earlier tweet to this story and have edited for clarity. The story has also been updated.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 11, 2019
The Washington Times reported: Twitter users were quick to point out that 19 Islamic terrorists, not airplanes, were responsible for the attacks and that nearly 3,000 people, or 2,996 specifically, were killed.
Two days ago another fiasco happened where over at the ‘NYT Archives’ feed, someone thought it would be a good idea to post about Mao Zedong, praising him as a ‘great revolutionary leader’, whilst forgetting that he is known for being responsible for approximately 45 million deaths, the worst mass murder in world history. They later had to take that one down as well, issuing another tweet explaining the deletion and never reposting it with any additional context.
See the tweet from @NYTArchives below:
We’ve deleted a previous tweet about Mao Zedong that lacked critical historical context.
— NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) September 9, 2019
