Trump on Shootings
Trump on Shootings

By Gerren Keith Gaynor | Fox News

A New York Times headline about President Trump’s remarks on the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton drew condemnation online – including from some Democratic presidential candidates – and was subsequently changed late Monday.

The newspaper summarized Trump’s comments, in which he denounced hate and white supremacy, with the headline “Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism” on the front page of its first edition.

A photograph of Tuesday’s first edition was tweeted out by journalist Nate Silver Monday night and was quickly slammed by critics who accused the Gray Lady of inaccurately representing Trump’s comments.

NEW YORK TIMES NEEDS TO ‘LOOK IN THE MIRROR’ IF IT THINKS MSNBC, CNN ARE TOO PARTISAN, CRITICS SAY

Nate Silver✔@NateSilver538

Tomorrow’s NYT print edition.

Not sure “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM” is how I would have framed the story.

View image on Twitter

Some Twitter users threatened to cancel their subscriptions and urged others to do the same.

“I canceled my subscription,” tweeted author and CNN contributor Joan Walsh, adding, “I can’t keep rewarding such awful news judgement.”

Prominent Democrats in Washington also took aim at the Times, including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

“Let this front page serve as a reminder of how white supremacy is aided by – and often relies upon – the cowardice of mainstream institutions,” the freshman congresswoman tweeted.

Presidential candidates, many of whom blamed Trump’s rhetoric for the El Paso, Texas, shooting that left at least 22 dead, also decried the headline.

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tweeted, “That’s not what happened.”

“Lives literally depend on you doing better, NYT. Please do,” wrote Sen. Cory Booker.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez✔@AOC

Let this front page serve as a reminder of how white supremacy is aided by – and often relies upon – the cowardice of mainstream institutions. https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1158546596252061696 …Nate Silver✔@NateSilver538Tomorrow’s NYT print edition.

Not sure “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM” is how I would have framed the story. pic.twitter.com/quOibXsp3291.2K9:56 PM – Aug 5, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand✔@SenGillibrand

That’s not what happened. https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/1158546596252061696 …Nate Silver✔@NateSilver538Tomorrow’s NYT print edition.

Not sure “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM” is how I would have framed the story. pic.twitter.com/quOibXsp329,1709:48 PM – Aug 5, 2019

Cory Booker✔@CoryBooker

Lives literally depend on you doing better, NYT. Please do. https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/1158546596252061696?s=21 …Nate Silver✔@NateSilver538Tomorrow’s NYT print edition.

Not sure “TRUMP URGES UNITY VS. RACISM” is how I would have framed the story. pic.twitter.com/quOibXsp3219K9:55 PM – Aug 5, 2019

A photograph of the Times’ second edition of the front page hours later revealed that the headline had been changed to “Assailing Hate But Not Guns.” Its website also showed a similar headline: “Trump Condemns Bigotry but Doesn’t Call for Major New Guns Laws.”

Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy acknowledged in a statement the original headline was problematic.

“The original headline was flawed and was changed for all editions of the paper following the first edition,” the statement read. “The headline in question never appeared online, only in the first print edition.”Gerren Keith Gaynor is a Digital Editor at Fox News.


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