This is fascinating. The NYT changed the news, with no note or correction. On Jan 8 NYT said (which was clearly not true at the time): "Video footage captured a group of police officers moving aside barricades to allow the supports to push ahead." (1/2)
https://twitter.com/PeterMoskos/status/1347986505407623169
It was the immediate leftie / critical-race-theory line from people who weren't there. It was clear by ~4pm on 1/6 that it wasn't true. But that lie, that cops let protesters in — on 1/6 it was just a mistruth, by 1/8 it was a lie — is now the *right-wing* narrative! Crazy. (2/3) 
Now the same NYT story says, "Videos posted on social media *appeared* to capture a group of police officers moving aside barricades to allow the supporters to push ahead to the building, *although details remain unclear*." (3/4) nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/…
That's a very different narrative! Now it's not the fault of the NYT that Trump supporters lie. But this lie originated (in part) in the NYT! There's no correction or edit or note.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." (4/4)
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." (4/4)
Original article (as is my tweet from back then) is from Jan 9, not Jan 8.
Jan 9th vs Current. Without any note, "Video footage captured a group of police officers moving aside barricades to allow supporters to push ahead to the building." is now "Videos posted on social media appeared to capture a group of [...], although details remain unclear."
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