Paul Tharp of the New York Post writes Friday that a quote used in a New York Times story about Morgan Stanley has now been retracted.
“It turns out the sole quote on which the tale was based was never uttered, the editors’ note admitted.
“The original story said Morgan Stanley chief John Mack was talking with Citigroup head Vikram Pandit, when Mack remarked, ‘We need a merger partner, or we’re not going to make it.’
“Both banks emphatically denied the remark, and after an internal probe, so did the paper.”
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How responsible for the NYTimes to publish false information when MS almost went under this week. Has the author been fired?