Nfl Demands New York Times Concussion Report Retraction

The NFL, through an advertisement adjacent to the report, aggressively denied the story and promoted its lengthy response on Twitter and Facebook. The league took its response one step further Monday with a letter to the Times, demanding that it retract the story.

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The letter to the Times, which can be read in its entirety here, was obtained by POLITICO. Here’s an excerpt:

The NFL’s six-page letter details ways in which it claims the Times did not report facts correctly. The league hopes for a “prompt response” from the Times.