NYT: We ‘Should Have Included’ Source’s Industry Ties in Our Gulf Oil Spill Story

On Tuesday, we—and others, including a UC Davis professor and an anonymous blog called the NYTPicker—pointed out that a Page One news analysis in The New York Times quoted a nonprofit called the Gulf of Mexico Foundation, identifying it as a conservation group without mentioning the group's many ties to the oil industry. Today, the Times has an editor's note saying the story "should have included more information about the organization."

Here's the Times' note in full:

rest at http://www.propublica.org/ion/blog/item/nyt-oil-spill-story-gulf-of-mexico-foundation-industry-disclosure-source