It appears I’m a little bit late to this party. In response to the outcry over this paragraph…

Some reporters helped stranded victims because no police officers or rescue workers were around. (Fox’s Geraldo Rivera did his rivals one better: yesterday, he nudged an Air Force rescue worker out of the way so his camera crew could tape him as he helped lift an older woman in a wheelchair to safety.)

… the Times issued this correction:

The TV Watch column on Sept. 5 discussed broadcast journalists’ undisguised outrage at the failings of Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts. It said reporters had helped stranded victims because no police officers or rescue workers were around, and added, “Fox’s Geraldo Rivera did his rivals one better: yesterday, he nudged an Air Force rescue worker out of the way so his camera crew could tape him as he helped lift an older woman in a wheelchair to safety.”
The editors understood the “nudge” comment as the television critic’s figurative reference to Mr. Rivera’s flamboyant intervention. Mr. Rivera complained, but after reviewing a tape of his broadcast, The Times declined to publish a correction.
Numerous readers, however – now including Byron Calame, the newspaper’s public editor, who also scrutinized the tape – read the comment as a factual assertion. The Times acknowledges that no nudge was visible on the broadcast.

This editors’ note is a good start. But when is the Times going apologize for that time Arthur Sulzberger kicked that little kid in the face?

EDITORS’ NOTE: Hi. This is Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of National Review Online. After speaking with the New York Times legal counsel, I feel I should clarify Stephen’s intent. “Kicked that little kid in the face” is obviously a figurative reference. “Kicked… in the face” is a metaphor for Mr. Sulzberger’s decision to start charging $49.95 a year for access to NY Times columnists like Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman and Frank Rich. “That little kid” is, of course, the Daily Kos. National Review acknowledges that Mr. Sulzberger never actually kicked any kids, at least not that we’re aware.