GQ faults Trump for not seeking death for an already-dead shooter
A GQ headline contrasted Trump's call for the death penalty for New York truck attacker Sayfullo Saipov with his silence on the Las Vegas gunman, implying a double standard.
The headline suggested Trump applied the death penalty along ethnic or religious lines.
What was reported
A GQ headline contrasted Trump's call for the death penalty for New York truck attacker Sayfullo Saipov with his silence on the Las Vegas gunman, implying a double standard.
What actually happened
The Las Vegas gunman had killed himself, so there was no one to sentence, while Saipov was alive and in custody. GQ edited the headline and added a note acknowledging the problem.
The proof
GQ's headline change and note, listed in iMediaEthics' top corrections of 2017.
The receipt. Copy this and paste it anywhere:
GQ faults Trump for not seeking death for an already-dead shooter — Retracted. GQ's headline change and note, listed in iMediaEthics' top corrections of 2017. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/gq-trump-death-penalty-headline/
Original reporting
- iMediaEthics: Top 10 corrections of 2017 (describes the GQ headline; secondary)https://www.imediaethics.org/top-10-corrections-2017-imediaethics-annual-roundup/
Corrections, findings & records
- HotAir: summary of the Washington Examiner's 2017 media-error list, including GQhttps://hotair.com/john-s-2/2018/07/09/years-worth-anti-trump-media-errors-n260038
Archived copies
Stories get edited after publication. These open the Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of each original.
- Archived copy: iMediaEthics: Top 10 corrections of 2017 (describes the GQ headline; secondary)https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.imediaethics.org/top-10-corrections-2017-imediaethics-annual-roundup/