December 22, 2020 Pulitzer board accepts New York Times’ withdrawal of ‘Caliphate’ as 2019 finalist The Pulitzer Board announced Tuesday it had accepted the New York Times’ withdrawal of its article and podcast “Caliphate” from 2019 finalists after serious factual inaccuracies prompted an extensive correction of the story.
December 21, 2020 Michael Goodwin: New York Times admits to major blunder – but these errors go uncorrected The best stories in The New York Times often involve the Gray Lady’s self-flagellation over a doozy of a mistake, and Saturday was one of those days.
December 18, 2020 New York Times committed 'major league failure' with hoax 'Caliphate' podcast: Kurtz ӣƵ media analyst Howard Kurtz said Friday the New York Times committed a "major-league failure" after it admitted to not properly vetting the claims of a supposed terrorist for its podcast "Caliphate."
December 18, 2020 New York Times admits massive failure to vet false claims made in 'Caliphate' podcast In what its executive editor is calling an "institutional failing," The New York Times published an extensive correction Friday after acknowledging its 2018 podcast series "Caliphate" heavily relied on a serial fabulist who claimed to have been a member of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization.
December 8, 2020 NY Times treated socialism with kid gloves — in the 1930s and today, critics say Major media outlets are often accused of downplaying atrocities of socialist regimes, and nowhere is that clearer than with the treatment of former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) by The New York Times and others, say those with personal experience in the former federation.