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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/01/pageoneplus/corrections.html
The New York Times July 1, 2004
Corrections
A n article yesterday about Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, the American marine held by kidnappers in Iraq, quoted incompletely from a comment by a cousin of his in Salt Lake City about speculation that the corporal might have deserted. The cousin, Tarek Hassoun, said of a conversation two months ago with Corporal Hassoun: "He said a lot of soldiers, they don't want to die, especially when they see someone dying in front of them." When the report from Salt Lake City was added to the Baghdad article, this further comment from Tarek Hassoun was omitted: "But I'm sure he didn't run away."
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As Eric Umansky of Todays Papers points out, this correction fails to mention the tiny bit of context that his purported desertion was what that article was about -- the only thing it was about.
They should create a new section entitled "Retractions."
Michael
