NYTimes: "According to the MTV website..."

Er... you ever get the feeling that the web-based counterparts of the print newspapers rush a little bit too hard sometimes? Fabolous got shot in the leg today. In the NYT article attributed to staff writer Josh Holusha, the final (background/anectodal) graphs read:

Mr. Jackson, a native of Brooklyn, became famous in late 2001 with his debut single, “I Can’t Deny It.” According to the MTV website, his rapping combines the East Coast “bling bling” and West Coast “gangsta” styles.

In New York, he was considered a successor to Christopher Wallace, known as Notorious B.I.G., who was shot to death in 1997.

Why is the Times drawing from the MTV website? Er... Well at least at a full(er) NYT article (sans mtv citation) followed. Staff writter Emily Vasquez decided to clean up those final graphs for a more succinct, cleaner feel:

Mr. Jackson, raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, became famous in late 2001 with his debut single, “I Can’t Deny It.”

Word.