New York Times issues correction on Clinton email story.....
Washington (CNN)The New York Times on Friday afternoon issued a correction to a high-profile story that suggested Hillary Clinton was the focus of a federal criminal investigation surrounding her use of private email -- potentially including classified information -- while leading the State Department.
The decision capped an earlier choice by the Times to walk back a tough lead on the story posted late Thursday -- which said a pair of inspectors general requested a criminal probe into Clinton's alleged sending of classified emails from her personal server. But the paper later backtracked, saying the probe was instead suggested for emails related to Clinton, though it didn't issue a correction until mid-Friday afternoon.
The Times amended its story to read:
"An earlier version of this article and an earlier headline, using information from senior government officials, misstated the nature of the referral to the Justice Department regarding Hillary Clinton's personal email account while she was secretary of state. The referral addressed the potential compromise of classified information in connection with that personal email account. It did not specifically request an investigation into Mrs. Clinton."
The Times' correction capped a day of confusion and some back-and-forth as reporters scrambled to find out precisely what type of probe was requested and whether Clinton had emailed any classified information using her unsecured, personal email server.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/24/politics/new-york-times-clinton-email-correction/index.html
I've haven't checked the rabid hatesr here yet to see if they corrected the misinformation.
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