Editing New York Post (section)

===Erroneous reporting and defamation cases arising from bombings===
{{anchor|Defamation lawsuit}}
[[Richard Jewell]], a security guard wrongly suspected of being the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing|Centennial Olympic Park bomber]], sued the ''Post'' in 1998, alleging that the newspaper had libeled him in several articles, headlines, photographs, and [[editorial cartoon]]s. U.S. District Judge [[Loretta Preska]] largely denied the ''Post''{{'}}s motion to dismiss, allowing the suit to proceed.<ref>* [https://apnews.com/432b680cbaedbe28bdac15155ebec263 Jewell Libel Suit To Proceed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026191119/https://apnews.com/432b680cbaedbe28bdac15155ebec263 |date=October 26, 2020 }}, Associated Press (October 1, 1998).
* ''[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4401132485484697581 Jewell v. NYP Holdings, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133315/https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4401132485484697581 |date=January 14, 2024 }}'', 23 F. Supp. 2d 348 (1998).</ref> The ''Post'' subsequently settled the case for an undisclosed sum.<ref>
Paul Farhi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20191210215432/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-clint-eastwoods-new-movie-gets-every-wrong-about-the-female-reporter-who-broke-the-richard-jewell-story/2019/12/10/fca0d8b4-1b69-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html?outputType=amp What Clint Eastwood's new movie gets very wrong about the female reporter who broke the Richard Jewell story], ''Washington Post'' (December 10, 2019).</ref>

In several stories on the day of the 2013 [[Boston Marathon bombing]], the ''Post'' inaccurately reported that twelve people had died, and that a [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] national had been taken into custody as a suspect, which was denied by the [[Boston Police Department]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/ny-post-boston-bombings_n_3092814.html|title=NY Post Criticized Over Coverage Of Boston Bombings|last=Mirkinson|first=Jack|date=April 16, 2013|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=April 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416225137/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/ny-post-boston-bombings_n_3092814.html|archive-date=April 16, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Tom |title=New York Post under fire over cover featuring Boston Marathon 'suspects' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/18/new-york-post-boston-suspects-cover |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133321/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/18/new-york-post-boston-suspects-cover |url-status=live }}</ref> Three days later, on April 18, the ''Post'' featured a full-page cover photo of two young men at the Boston marathon with the headline "[[Bagman|Bag Men]]" (a term that implies criminality) and erroneously claimed they were being sought by police.<ref name=Guardian/><ref name=CJR2/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shafer |first1=Jack |title=Shameless paper in mindless fog |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/04/18/shameless-paper-in-mindless-fog/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420042629/http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2013/04/18/shameless-paper-in-mindless-fog/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2013 |website=[[Reuters]] Blogs |date=April 18, 2013}}</ref> The men, Salaheddin Barhoum and Yassine Zaimi, were not considered suspects, and the ''Post'' was heavily criticized for the apparent accusation.<ref name=CJR2>{{cite web |last1=Chittum |first1=Ryan |title=The New York Post's disgrace |url=https://archives.cjr.org/the_audit/the_new_york_posts_disgrace.php |website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |language=en |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133317/https://archives.cjr.org/the_audit/the_new_york_posts_disgrace.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/ny-post-boston-suspects-bag-men-front-page_n_3109052.html|title=New York Post's Boston 'Bag Men' Front Page Called 'A New Low,' 'Appalling'|last=Fung|first=Katherine|author2=Jack Mirkinson|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=April 18, 2013|date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418235821/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/ny-post-boston-suspects-bag-men-front-page_n_3109052.html|archive-date=April 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Then-editor [[Col Allan]] defended the story, saying they had not referred to the men as "suspects".<ref name=CJR2/><ref>{{cite web |title=The Boston Bombing 'Suspects' and the Story of the Victim Who ID'd One |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/boston-bombing-suspects-investigation/316118/ |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133317/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/boston-bombing-suspects-investigation/316118/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The two men later sued the ''Post'' for [[libel]],<ref>{{cite news|title=New York Post hit with libel lawsuit over 'Bag Men' Boston bombings cover|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/06/new-york-post-libel-lawsuit-boston|access-date=June 6, 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 6, 2013|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908184502/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/06/new-york-post-libel-lawsuit-boston|archive-date=September 8, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Simpson |first1=Connor |title=This Email Led to the New York Post's Infamous Boston 'BAG MEN' Headline |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/email-led-new-york-posts-bag-men-headline/354823/ |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=November 5, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026104210/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/email-led-new-york-posts-bag-men-headline/354823/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Haughney |first1=Christine |title=New York Post Faces Suit Over Boston Bomb Article |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/business/media/new-york-post-sued-over-boston-bombing-article.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 6, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133831/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/business/media/new-york-post-sued-over-boston-bombing-article.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and the suit was settled in 2014 on undisclosed terms.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet The Two Immigrant Runners Wrongly Fingered As 'Possible Suspects' In The Boston Marathon Bombing|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/runners-fingered-as-bombing-suspects-875362|work=The Smoking Gun|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=December 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027052026/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/runners-fingered-as-bombing-suspects-875362|archive-date=October 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New York Post settles lawsuit over 'Bag Men' cover following Boston Marathon bombing|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-bag-men-cover-article-1.1960843|work=NY Daily News|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202022323/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-bag-men-cover-article-1.1960843|archive-date=December 2, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lavoie |first1=Denise |title=New York Post settles lawsuit over 'Bag Men' cover |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/10/01/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-over-bag-men-cover/xHHqwkifQxuSS1jpsCQBeN/story.html |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=October 2, 2014 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114133937/https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/10/01/new-york-post-settles-lawsuit-over-bag-men-cover/xHHqwkifQxuSS1jpsCQBeN/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>