I had the same reaction: When in unethical hell did the NYT START letting sources review their quotes? I figured crappy blogs and unprofessional publications did this, but the NYT?!? Good for ending it now, I guess. But how many years back of articles should I disregard as PR fluff pieces, and which ones? Fucking media.
"The practice [of 'quote approval'] risks giving readers a mistaken impression that we are ceding too much control over a story to our sources."
should read
"...risks giving readers the undesirable realization that we are ceding too much control..."
Just ask Al Gore, our President.