- Associated Press - Sunday, December 25, 2016

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - In a story Dec. 25 about adoption records in New Jersey, The Associated Press cited the possibility of blackmail as one reason that access to adoption records was restricted in the past. The story should have made clear that the historical record shows scant evidence of blackmail in such situations.

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