The New York Times Spread Dangerous Health Disinformation, Erased It, Hopes You Don't Notice [View all]

This November, the New York Times published an article with a frame that strongly implied COVID-19 vaccines kill children. The next day the piece was rewritten with an entirely different, more responsible frame, but readers were given no indication of the change. My MAD colleagues and I are shocked by what appears to be a novel example of a complete premise rewrite by the Times with no acknowledgment whatsoever.

The New York Times spread health disinformation that was picked up and spread by other outlets. They then made substantial edits without adhering to basic journalism standards, choosing to destroy the evidence rather than issue a clarifying correction.

Now, the genie is out of the bottle. Untold numbers of Americans saw the “paper of record” tell them the COVID-19 vaccines are now unsafe for children.

https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-spread-dangerous