In the first paragraph, ending: >But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers has turned into borderline panic. the words "into borde

In the first paragraph, ending: >But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers has turned into borderline panic. the words "into borderline panic" are a link, but to the same article. Does this mean that the author didn't write the link, but some editor added it, in this case after the article was published? (And accidentally added a link pointing to it.) Or, how can this happen? I had always thought that the NYTimes authors added their own links as part of their writing style. It would be interesting if instead this were a survival tactic exposed at the top of this story...