Was the Times, Within Its Kind of Editorial Guidelines, to Writ This?

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The New York Times published an opinion piece on the giffords shooting. In it, they said there was no evidence of political incitement in this case. This contradicts what had already been reported by other news outlets. The times acknowledged that its opinions pieces need to be based on a common, shared factual basis.

The New York Times published an editorial that made false claims about Sarah Palin. A lawsuit over the error could change American media.

This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Richard Sima and Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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