'NYT' Corrects Error in Stanley's Review of 9/11 Film

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By: E&P Staff Acting unusually swiftly, The New York Times on Saturday ran a correction on a review by Alessandra Stanley of the upcoming (if it's not canceled) controversial TV movie, "The Path to 9/11."

Stanley surprised many by being among the few who have seen the film to label it evenhanded, while backing its view that President Clinton deserved the most blame and admitting that it is "fictional." But as E&P and others pointed out immediately, she committed a blatant error in backing the movie's contention that President Clinton was so distracted by the Lewinsky affair that he took his eye off bin Laden. She cited the 9/11 Commission report as her source -- when it says just the opposite.

The Times' correction today notes that the Commission "did not conclude that the scandal distracted the Clinton administration from the terrorist threat."




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