Exhibit 1077 ยท Newspaper correction (secondhand)
Washington Post correction to its February 2020 report on Sen. Tom Cotton and the coronavirus (as reported by Yahoo News)
Yahoo reports that the Post removed 'debunked' and 'conspiracy theory' from a February 2020 article and headline about Sen. Tom Cotton's remarks on the virus's origins, with an editor's note saying there had been no determination of the origins 'then as now.' The original headline, per Mediaite and Yahoo, read 'Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus conspiracy theory that was already debunked.'
- Source
- The Washington Post; reported by Yahoo News
- Date
- Correction added about 28 May 2021; reported 1 June 2021
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://news.yahoo.com/washington-post-corrected-article-described-102002630.html
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- No quote: wording was read only in the Yahoo copy. Exact editor's note as Yahoo prints it: 'Earlier versions of this story and its headline inaccurately characterized comments by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) regarding the origins of the coronavirus. The term "debunked" and The Post's use of "conspiracy theory" have been removed because, then as now, there was no determination about the origins of the virus.' Replace with the washingtonpost.com page and its archive captures.