Whoopi Goldberg apologizes to New York Times for'shoddy reporting'dig, doesn't admit she misread

Whoopi Goldberghas apologized toThe New York Timesfor accusing them of"shoddy reporting"in the their article about blackOscar winners, but failed to admit her own error.

On"The View"Wednesday morning, the 55-year-old co-host took a moment to take back the vitriol she unleashed on Monday's show after the newspaper failed to mention her Oscar win in 1990 -- for Best Supporting Actress in"Ghost"-- in an article about the lack of Oscar nominations for and wins by black actors -- since 2002.

"I personally found the article really confusing, and I also was quite hurt thatCuba Gooding Jr.,Louis Gossett Jr., and I were not included in this expose about black Hollywood,"she said."But for saying it was shoddy reporting, I apologize, New York Times."

The actress admitted on Monday's episode of"The View"that she was"hurt"by the absence of her name in an article called"Hollywood's Whiteout,"written byManohla DargisandA.O. Scott.

"You're supposed to be better than this,"Goldberg said on the show."This is not some newspaper fromHoochie-Coochie Land. Dammit, get your facts straight!"

WhileElisabeth Hasselbecksaid she canceled her subscription to The Times in protest, the newspaper released a statement toew.comrevealing that Goldberg had simply misread the article.

"The error lies with those who are reading the story incorrectly,"the statement read."The point of the piece was not to name every black actor or actress who has been awarded an Oscar, it was to draw a comparison between the number who won prior to 2002 (the yearHalle BerryandDenzel Washingtonwon) and those who have won since.  And the story states very clearly that in 73 years, prior to 2002, only seven black actors/actresses won Oscars."

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