.nytimes deletes, edits tweet about Weather Underground terrorist Kathy Boudin
Sunday on the breaking news that Kathy Boudin, a member of the radical militant group Weather Underground, had died, replacing it with softer language.
"Kathy Boudin, who as a member of the Weather Underground took part in the murderous 1981 holdup of a Brink’s armored truck, died on Sunday. She was 78," the initial tweet said. However, within two minutes, the tweet was deleted and replaced with kinder words for the convict who spent decades in prison following a 1981 armored truck heist that left two police officers and a security guard dead.
The New York Times quickly deleted and edited a tweet on May 1, 2022 breaking the news that Kathy Boudin had died. "Kathy Boudin, a member of the Weather Underground imprisoned for her role in a fatal robbery but who later helped former inmates, died at 78," the new tweet reads.
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