NY Times changes misleading account of Palin puck dropping

(From Newsbusters.org): "The New York Times took the unusual step of quickly editing and replacing a hysterical post by hockey blogger Lynn Zinser that covered Sarah Palin's appearance at the Philadelphia Flyers home opener where she was invited to drop a ceremonial puck.

• In her original post Zinser exaggerated the boos by the crowd,

• attacked Flyers owner Ed Snider for inviting Palin to the event and

• appears to have fabricated the discomfort felt by NHL players Scott Gomez and Mike Richards.

That account has since been changed. Somewhere along the line Zinser gutted the original article and replaced it with a new one that came a bit closer to reality.

• However the repost didn't occur before the original article shot across the internet where it was eventually picked up

by Greg Mitchell at Editor & Publisher and flogged as a "political scoop"."...via Lucianne.com

• "A lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on." (variously attributed to James Watt and Mark Twain).

My experience with the NY Times substantially changing long-archived material by a columnist. (posted on this blog 3/08)

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