Updated, 10:50 a.m. PT, Dec. 18
The New York Times issued the following statement to TheWrap.
“Thanks for the question. There’s nothing unusual here. That paragraph, near the bottom of the story, was trimmed for space in the print paper by a copy editor in New York late last night. But it was in our story on the web all day and read by many thousands of readers. Web stories without length constraints are routinely edited for print.”
Previously
The New York Times came under fire for the second time in less than 24 hours for quickly editing an error in a story about President Obama’s terror response without issuing a correction.