The Village Voice notes a changed account at the New York Times of what exactly happened between police and demonstrators on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. Nick Greene at the Voice writes,
The above photo of juxtaposed screenshots from the New York Times website has been making the rounds on Facebook, and it shows two very different takes for the same story on yesterday’s Brooklyn Bridge arrests. The screenshot on the left, from 6:59 p.m., appears to reflect what many protesters are saying: The police tricked them into marching on the bridge. At 7:19 p.m., any mention of the police allowing demonstrators onto the bridge was removed from the lede. Why did they make this change?
Why? Well, I imagine because it was a liveblog, not an “article” in the classic sense—and because when you’re liveblogging a fast-moving event, you alter and clarify as new facts come in. Some have made much hay over the fact that the item was originally bylined with one reporter’s name, then later by two names. Same reasons, I think, not a conspiracy. But it’s a good thing in the general sense that people are pushing for fair and neutral reporting around this.
You can watch two different videos of the same scene here and here. anonops has four videos of the same scene here.