NYT ran headline calling NATO 'North American Treaty Organization,' issues correction

The New York Times ran an online headline that misnamed NATO as the "North American Treaty Organization" and later corrected the error. The mistake swapped Atlantic for American on a story about NATO and the United States. NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a 32-member defensive alliance of European and North American countries. The error undermined headline accuracy and fueled social media criticism during a heated debate over US participation in NATO.