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| New York Times Asks Fox for Apology After ‘Inaccurate Segment’ | New York Times Asks Fox for Apology After ‘Inaccurate Segment’ |
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| The New York Times has asked that the television show “Fox & Friends” apologize for what a Times spokeswoman described as a “malicious and inaccurate segment” that aired last week accusing the paper of publishing a story in 2015 that had hindered the United States military’s attempt to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS. | The New York Times has asked that the television show “Fox & Friends” apologize for what a Times spokeswoman described as a “malicious and inaccurate segment” that aired last week accusing the paper of publishing a story in 2015 that had hindered the United States military’s attempt to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS. |
| In response, Fox News late on Sunday published an update to a story on its website and acknowledged the change in a brief “Fox & Friends” segment Monday morning. Both the updated article and the TV segment added part of a comment from The Times stating that the paper had described the piece to the Pentagon before publication and “they had no objections.” | In response, Fox News late on Sunday published an update to a story on its website and acknowledged the change in a brief “Fox & Friends” segment Monday morning. Both the updated article and the TV segment added part of a comment from The Times stating that the paper had described the piece to the Pentagon before publication and “they had no objections.” |
| Neither the article nor the segment acknowledged the paper’s request for an apology nor did they respond directly to the accusations of inaccuracy. | Neither the article nor the segment acknowledged the paper’s request for an apology nor did they respond directly to the accusations of inaccuracy. |
| The Fox News story, which was published on Friday and then discussed in a “Fox & Friends” segment Saturday morning, said that The Times had released valuable intelligence in an article of June 8, 2015, about an American military raid in which the wife of a top Islamic State operative was captured. It cited comments made by Gen. Tony Thomas, the head of the United States Special Operations Command, during an interview conducted Friday with Catherine Herridge, the network’s intelligence correspondent, at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. | The Fox News story, which was published on Friday and then discussed in a “Fox & Friends” segment Saturday morning, said that The Times had released valuable intelligence in an article of June 8, 2015, about an American military raid in which the wife of a top Islamic State operative was captured. It cited comments made by Gen. Tony Thomas, the head of the United States Special Operations Command, during an interview conducted Friday with Catherine Herridge, the network’s intelligence correspondent, at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. |
| General Thomas told Ms. Herridge that an important lead on Mr. Baghdadi’s whereabouts “was leaked in a prominent national newspaper about a week later, and that lead went dead.” He did not name the paper. | General Thomas told Ms. Herridge that an important lead on Mr. Baghdadi’s whereabouts “was leaked in a prominent national newspaper about a week later, and that lead went dead.” He did not name the paper. |
| But Fox did name The Times, repeatedly, with the chyron “NYT FOILS U.S. ATTEMPT TO TAKE OUT AL-BAHGDADI;’’ one of the show’s hosts Pete Hegseth, blamed the “failing New York Times” for leaking information. | But Fox did name The Times, repeatedly, with the chyron “NYT FOILS U.S. ATTEMPT TO TAKE OUT AL-BAHGDADI;’’ one of the show’s hosts Pete Hegseth, blamed the “failing New York Times” for leaking information. |
| The story appeared to have prompted a tweet from President Trump Saturday morning. | The story appeared to have prompted a tweet from President Trump Saturday morning. |
| “The Failing New York Times foiled U.S. attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi,” the president wrote. “Their sick agenda over National Security.” | “The Failing New York Times foiled U.S. attempt to kill the single most wanted terrorist, Al-Baghdadi,” the president wrote. “Their sick agenda over National Security.” |
| On Sunday, Danielle Rhoades-Ha, a Times spokeswoman, requested “an on-air apology and tweet from Fox & Friends.” | On Sunday, Danielle Rhoades-Ha, a Times spokeswoman, requested “an on-air apology and tweet from Fox & Friends.” |
| “Neither the staff at Fox & Friends, nor the writers of a related story on Foxnews.com, appeared to make any attempt to confirm relevant facts, nor did they reach out to The New York Times for comment,” she said. | “Neither the staff at Fox & Friends, nor the writers of a related story on Foxnews.com, appeared to make any attempt to confirm relevant facts, nor did they reach out to The New York Times for comment,” she said. |
| Referring to Saturday’s “Fox & Friends” segment, she said, “A host on Fox & Friends wrongly states that, “al-Baghdadi was able to sneak away under the cover of darkness after a New York Times story” and that the U.S. government “would have had al-Baghdadi based on the intelligence that we had except someone leaked information to the failing New York Times.” | Referring to Saturday’s “Fox & Friends” segment, she said, “A host on Fox & Friends wrongly states that, “al-Baghdadi was able to sneak away under the cover of darkness after a New York Times story” and that the U.S. government “would have had al-Baghdadi based on the intelligence that we had except someone leaked information to the failing New York Times.” |
| On Sunday, The Times also published a fact-check of the Fox News article and the president’s tweet. | On Sunday, The Times also published a fact-check of the Fox News article and the president’s tweet. |
| On Monday, Ms. Rhoades-Ha said in an email that the segment that aired earlier that day “wasn’t an apology, nor did it begin to address the larger issues with the Fox & Friends Weekend segment, one of which was sheer hypocrisy.” | On Monday, Ms. Rhoades-Ha said in an email that the segment that aired earlier that day “wasn’t an apology, nor did it begin to address the larger issues with the Fox & Friends Weekend segment, one of which was sheer hypocrisy.” |
| She continued, “The host railed against The New York Times for covering a raid stating that the U.S. government ‘would have had al-Baghdadi based on the intelligence that we had except someone leaked’ to The New York Times when Fox News had covered the same raid three weeks earlier in a segment in which their correspondent said, ‘The newly recovered intelligence may bring U.S. closer to Baghdadi’s kill or capture.’” | She continued, “The host railed against The New York Times for covering a raid stating that the U.S. government ‘would have had al-Baghdadi based on the intelligence that we had except someone leaked’ to The New York Times when Fox News had covered the same raid three weeks earlier in a segment in which their correspondent said, ‘The newly recovered intelligence may bring U.S. closer to Baghdadi’s kill or capture.’” |
| “According to the curious logic of the Fox & Friends host, Fox News itself was unpatriotic,” she added. | “According to the curious logic of the Fox & Friends host, Fox News itself was unpatriotic,” she added. |
| The updated segment on “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning consisted of airing General Thomas’s comments again, and adding about 15 seconds dedicated to The Times’s response. It did not respond directly to the paper’s complaints. | The updated segment on “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning consisted of airing General Thomas’s comments again, and adding about 15 seconds dedicated to The Times’s response. It did not respond directly to the paper’s complaints. |
| Fox News did not respond directly Monday morning to questions about whether any further correction or clarification was planned, sending links to the “Fox & Friends” segment as well as the relevant portion of the show’s transcript. | Fox News did not respond directly Monday morning to questions about whether any further correction or clarification was planned, sending links to the “Fox & Friends” segment as well as the relevant portion of the show’s transcript. |
| Later in the day, the network sent a statement that said that “neither Fox News’ report nor the subsequent on-air coverage was inaccurate.’’ The statement said the network found it “beyond disappointing’’ that The Times “decided to blame Fox News for comments made publicly by General Thomas.’’ | |
| The Times’s full letter to Fox News is below: | The Times’s full letter to Fox News is below: |