 The incident prompted inquiries into what became known as the bystander effect or "Genovese syndrome", and the murder became a staple of US psychology textbooks for the next four decades.However, researchers have since uncovered major inaccuracies in the "New York Times" article.Reporters at a competing news organization discovered in 1964 that the article was inconsistent with the facts, but they were unwilling at the time to challenge "New York Times" editor Abe Rosenthal.