Nudge, Nudge

The New York Times is acknowledging that Geraldo Rivera didn't really "nudge" an Air Force rescue worker out of the way so that he could be filmed lifting a wheelchair-bound hurricane victim to safety. The Times' accusation that Geraldo did so was merely "figurative," the paper's editors assert. But "numerous readers" apparently "read the comment as a factual assertion." I'm sure they won't make that mistake again.