NYT's 'Criminal Inquiry' Into Hillary Clinton's Email
The Times reported that two inspectors general had asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton mishandled sensitive information on her private email account.
The 'criminal' framing damaged Clinton in the early 2016 race.
What was reported
The Times reported that two inspectors general had asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton mishandled sensitive information on her private email account.
What actually happened
The Times first revised the story to say the inquiry concerned whether sensitive information was mishandled, not Clinton herself, and then corrected again after the Justice Department said the referral was a security referral, not a criminal one. Public editor Margaret Sullivan wrote that the story had major journalistic problems. The FBI did later open an investigation into the server.
The proof
The Justice Department and the inspectors general described the referral as non-criminal; the Times published two corrections.
The receipt. Copy this and paste it anywhere:
NYT's 'Criminal Inquiry' Into Hillary Clinton's Email — Retracted. The Justice Department and the inspectors general described the referral as non-criminal; the Times published two corrections. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/nyt-clinton-email-criminal-referral/
Original reporting
- New York Times: Inquiry sought in Hillary Clinton's use of email (as corrected)https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/us/politics/inquiry-is-sought-in-hillary-clinton-email-account.html
Corrections, findings & records
- TheWrap: NYT issues correction; DOJ not requesting criminal investigationhttps://www.thewrap.com/new-york-times-issues-correction-on-hillary-clinton-email-story-doj-not-requesting-investigation
- CNN Money: NYT tries to set record straight on botched Clinton email storyhttps://money.cnn.com/2015/07/27/media/new-york-times-clinton-email/index.html
- iMediaEthics: public editor advises less speed, more transparencyhttps://www.imediaethics.org/after-clinton-email-story-errors-less-speed-more-transparency-nytimes-public-editor-advises/
Archived copies
Stories get edited after publication. These open the Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of each original.
- Archived copy: New York Times: Inquiry sought in Hillary Clinton's use of email (as corrected)https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/us/politics/inquiry-is-sought-in-hillary-clinton-email-account.html