Reuters pulls tax story

Rachel Slajda of Talking Points Memo notes that the Reuters service has withdrawn a story written by Terri Cullen about a White House tax plan after numerous errors were discovered.

Slajda writes, “The story, which claimed the White House’s deficit reduction plan relies on raising taxes against the middle class by allowing tax cuts to expire, was withdrawn at about 8 p.m. Monday, according to Yahoo timestamps. The original story ran at 4 p.m. The withdrawal promises a replacement story later this week.

“‘The story went out, and it shouldn’t have gone out,’ said Courtney Dolan, a spokeswoman for Reuters. ‘It had significant errors of fact.’

“She would not elaborate on the specific errors, but said Reuters will ‘address those specific points that were incorrect.’

“‘The White House did contact us and point out errors of fact,’ she added.

“The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.”

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