http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/...-spread-russia
So, in a 5 day old article on Russia and Trump, the NYT quietly updated the article with new information that only 4 of the 17 US intelligence agencies signed off on the assessment that Russia was involved in hacking during the election, not all 17 as has been widely reported for months.
Presumably, it was inserted in this manner in order to deflect away criticism. On the one hand, they can say they updated the story to show the truth, and on the other hand - by doing it quietly - they (hoped to) avoid people noticing too quickly. Obviously that failed.
Here's the update (bold mine):
Correction: June 29, 2017
A White House Memo article on Monday about President Trump’s deflections and denials about Russia referred incorrectly to the source of an intelligence assessment that said Russia orchestrated hacking attacks during last year’s presidential election. The assessment was made by four intelligence agencies — the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The assessment was not approved by all 17 organizations in the American intelligence community.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/25/u...is-allies.html
Wikileaks has even pointed out that this isn't technically correct, and it's really only three agencies.
Even the correction is misleading by calling ODNI an intelligence agency. It is an oversight & policy body and does not collect information.
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