The New York Times‘ eyewitness reporter Rachel Donadio inaccurately described,
Feb. 12, a wild night when marauding bands of arsonists with Molotov cocktails targeted shops and buildings, most of them historic….
As more than 6,000 policemen stood guard, these roving bands – several dozen criminals, by official estimates – infiltrated a vast, largely peaceful demonstration of more than 80,000 people and pushed the city into mayhem.
The New York Times' Rachel Donadio said that 'most' buildings destroyed in Athens on 12th February 2012 were 'historic'.
I corrected Rachel Donadio via Twitter on 26th February, Donadio and the New York Times via Twitter on 1st March, and the NYT via e-mail on 2nd March; but they neither replied to me nor corrected the article. I do not support the burning of any historic buildings; but it is a matter of fact. Most of the burned buildings were not historic; fewer than five per centwere.
#12fgr #Greece @RachelDonadio in Failing State article you say 'most' burned buildings were historic – that is not true nyti.ms/wU5W8R—
Sam Hardy (@samarkeolog) February 26, 2012
.@nytimes please correct @RachelDonadio story that says 'most' buildings burned in Athens were historic nyti.ms/wU5W8R #12fgr #Greece—
Sam Hardy (@samarkeolog) March 01, 2012
I pointed out that when the New York Times said 'most', it meant 'five per cent'.
