Another possibility is that there were legal issues associated with the story. Perhaps it contained information that violated someone's privacy or was defamatory. In such cases, rather than facing potential legal consequences, they choose to retract the story.
Perhaps the sources they used for the MAGA story turned out to be unreliable. Journalists rely on sources, and if those sources are found to be untrustworthy, a retraction is necessary. Another reason could be that there were inaccuracies in their fact - checking process.
It could be due to inaccuracies in their sources. If the people or documents they based their story on were wrong, they would have to retract it.
Probably because they found out it was untrue.
Probably because they found out it was false.
As of July 2023, yes, The New York Times has retracted parts of its reporting on Officer Sicknick's death. Their initial report had some inaccuracies regarding the circumstances of his death at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
As of July 2023, The New York Times has not retracted the Sicknick story.
Not completely. Only certain aspects of the story that were found to be inaccurate were retracted. The overall event of Officer Sicknick's death was still a significant part of the news, but the misinformation within the original report had to be corrected.
One reason could be factual inaccuracies. If they later found out that the information in the story was wrong, they would retract it. For example, if sources were misquoted or events were misreported.
No. There is no record of the New York Times retracting any reports related to Sicknick events.
It could be that new information emerged which made their original story inaccurate. Maybe there were misunderstandings about the events related to Sicknick, and as more facts came to light, they had no choice but to retract.