Is this ethical journalism?

On July 25 there's a terse correction (click to enlarge and read):

The original article was here. Click it now and see this:

Are we to believe that the Daily News never makes mistakes? lol. They're rewriting their own online history.

I expect the disclaimer to fade away, too.

You can't find the old article online through internet archives, either. The Snooze prevents their site from being crawled.

Ethical? You decide.