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The Big Lies › 2019 › File PF-0159
Bad Call

NYT Swaps 'Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism' Headline

The Times' first-edition print headline on Trump's speech after the El Paso and Dayton shootings read 'Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism.'

First reported Aug 5, 2019 · The New York Times
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Who it helped: Republicans

The original headline presented Trump's message favorably without context; it was walked back after criticism from the left.

What was reported

The Times' first-edition print headline on Trump's speech after the El Paso and Dayton shootings read 'Trump Urges Unity Vs. Racism.'

What actually happened

After criticism that the headline took Trump's words at face value without context on his own rhetoric or gun policy, the Times changed it in later editions to 'Assailing Hate But Not Guns.' Executive editor Dean Baquet acknowledged it was a bad headline and said it was changed quickly.

The proof

Dean Baquet's public acknowledgment that the headline was bad, and the replacement headline in later editions.

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NYT Swaps 'Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism' Headline — Bad Call. Dean Baquet's public acknowledgment that the headline was bad, and the replacement headline in later editions. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/nyt-trump-urges-unity-headline/

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