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All rewrites

NYT

3 rewrites across 3 articles that Prism has recorded. This is only what the outlet’s public feed showed while Prism was watching, so it is a sample of its habits, not a full account.

When NYT rewrites a headline, it has

  • 1 time added or removed a hedge — 33% of its rewrites

Each of these describes what the words do, not why the newsroom changed them. The rewrites below show the evidence for every count.

  1. NYT
    1. Headline changed from: Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now. To: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration's Third-Country Deportations, for Now.

      SpectrumCenter→Center-right

      Prism reads the rewritten headline as center-right, where the original read center.

  2. NYT
    1. WasTrump Set to Meet With Persian Gulf Allies as Middle East Wars Widen

      NowTrump Meets Middle East Leaders as Regional Wars Widen

  3. NYT
    1. Headline changed from: At 9/11 Tribute, Trump Claims Firefighters Carried Him to Safety. To: At 9/11 Tribute, Trump Adds New Claim to His Disputed Role After Attack.

      • HedgeDropped the hedge “claims” — the claim is now stated flat.
      SpectrumCenter→Center-left

      Prism reads the rewritten headline as center-left, where the original read center.