‘Mock Up’ Daily News Cover about ‘Killer Cop’ Darren Wilson Changed

Last night, New York Daily News Brooklyn court reporter Oren Yaniv tweeted out what appeared to the Tweetdeck passerby to be the next day’s cover of the paper, which announced “Killer Cop Goes Free”:

Many were displeased by such an incendiary headline, including trusty Brit Hume:

This is apparently the real NY Daily News Tuesday front page. Not false, but amazingly biased. http://t.co/eqmHTnHlY0

— Brit Hume (@brithume) November 25, 2014

Yaniv later revealed the cover was just a mock-up:

Deleted that much-retweeted tweet. Was a mock up for first edition that has since changed. Carry on.

— Oren Yaniv (@OrenYaniv) November 25, 2014

For geniuses who think I backed off for fear or some ulterior reason other than honesty, this is the top of our site: http://t.co/PvIht59hd3

— Oren Yaniv (@OrenYaniv) November 25, 2014

It did not actually get used. This morning’s printed cover hedged its bets, telegraphing a sense of anxiety over protests rather than outrage at the decision:

[Images via Twitter, Newseum]

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