Does the NY Times know what NATO stands for?

[highplainsdem]

Oh noooooo

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-04-03T21:17:57.232Z

[malaise]

1. Damn that is frightening

Ignorance is bliss

[House of Roberts]

2. I'm surprised they didn't say

North American TRUMP Organization.

[SheltieLover]

3. Gs, while in hs in red shithole TN, had a protracted debate about this very issue with his HISTORY "teacher!"

[maxsolomon]

4. Holy smokes.

Last edited Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:13 PM - Edit history (1)

That's a major fuck up.

SUNDAY EDIT: I opened up my paper copy and the article was correctly titled with "Atlantic". Maybe there was a fuckup somewhere in an early printed edition, or maybe this is AI bullshit. IDK.

[dedl67]

5. I've noticed lax editing in recent times.

[malaise]

9. Across the planet

with few exceptions

[BarbD]

13. Lax editing?

It's more irresponsible and ignorant. Geez!

[Tim S]

6. AI 🤣 🤣 🤣

[BarbD]

14. Garbage in, garbage out.

[RainCaster]

7. Stupid is as stupid does

This is a great example of the intellect of conservatives.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Everyone is a real idiot these days. :(

[2naSalit]

10. WOW...

That's pretty fucked up.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Jesus wept.

[twodogsbarking]

12. Another executive order?

[flamingdem]

21. good one!

[Joinfortmill]

15. WTF!

[BidenRocks]

16. But it's spelled correctly!

Still want to trust AI?
I doubt anyone over 35 proofed this fuck up!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

17. That is inexcusable!

[RockRaven]

18. This tracks just perfectly with the general quality of NYT editorial decisions.

No notes.

[Javaman]

19. The gray lady has died and is pushing up the daisies nt

[ColoringFool]

20. WORSE, THE ERROR "AMERICAN" MADE THE POINT OF THE HEADLINE!

[PufPuf23]

22. Pathetic.

Even more pathetic is how many Americans probably believe this.

[choie]

23. Isn't it possible they were trying to be ironic?

N/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. They later published a correction

Link to tweet

'A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition:
"A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump’s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization."'

The online version became

"Every Trump Threat to Abandon NATO Hollows It Out
Doubts that the United States would come to the aid of NATO allies increase each time, prompting Europeans to consider an alliance without Washington."

https://archive.ph/uNmS8

[choie]

25. Thanks Muriel!

[underpants]

26. I'm sorry, I'm not seeing the problem. It should say U. S. ?

[DavidDvorkin]

27. It's North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Not North American.

[underpants]

28. Oh. Wow I totally glossed over that.

[SomedayKindaLove]

29. Maybe this is why MAGA is against NATO

They think it’s a treaty of Northern states.