NYT Admits Incorrectly ID'ing Hooded Man From Abu Ghraib Prison

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ABU_GHRAIB_HOODED_PRISONER?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Times acknowledged in Saturday's editions that it incorrectly identified an Iraqi man in a front-page story as the hooded figure shown in a photograph from Abu Ghraib prison that became an icon of abuse by American captors.

An editor's note accompanying a front-page story on Ali Shalal Qaissi said the paper "did not adequately research Mr. Qaissi's insistence that he was the man in the photograph."

After the original story appeared March 11, the online magazine Salon.com challenged the man's identity, based on an examination of 280 Abu Ghraib pictures it had been studying for weeks and an interview with an official from the Army's Criminal Investigation Command. The Times said it was investigating the matter.

[Bozita]

1. Salon.com forces NYT to run front page correction

The MSM takes another blow from the internets.

[MADem]

2. Oh man....they are really showing their LOUSY reporting and oversight

What does NYT stand for anymore? Not Yer Truth? Nevermind Yer Technicalshit???

Disgraceful. AVOIDABLE.

And they want people to PAY for NYT SELECT to see this caliber of reportage??? They're not doing as well as the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, lately!!!!!

[The Straight Story]

3. Methinks they should investigate BEFORE running a story

Or use terms like 'is alleged to be' or 'believed to be'.