NEW YORK, NY — Responding to public outcry to set the record straight after a terrible act of political violence launched the debate about dangerous rhetoric to the forefront of American consciousness, the New York Times issued a minor clarification that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had said "Hitler is bad" and not "Hitler is good."
The correction came several days after Kirk was gunned down at a public event, with the New York Times seeking to clarify that it had gotten one minor detail wrong by telling its readers that Kirk had praised infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler when he had, in fact, condemned him.
"It's just a small difference from what we previously reported," said the correction blurb in Wednesday's edition of the paper. "Where we had said that Charlie Kirk had said ‘Hitler is good,' we were incorrect. Upon further editorial review, we can now issue a correction and inform our readers that Charlie Kirk actually said ‘Hitler is bad.' We hope this helps make things clearer. Hopefully, nothing really bad happened as a result of our error."
While errors are made from time to time in the world of journalism, the editorial staff of the Times said it hoped to do better in the future. "We feel bad that we made such a minor mistake," one member of the staff said. "While it's unlikely that such a small detail swayed anyone's opinion of Charlie Kirk in any way, we still want to make sure we report more accurately about dangerous, hate-spreading fascist conservatives from now on."
At publishing time, the New York Times had issued an additional clarification to confirm that President Donald Trump was still literally Hitler.
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