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by babyblueblanket 1796 days ago
I believe the NYT also published their own failing there, widely, on its own front page.
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Yes, but the author was not fired. Until journalist that fuck up this bad get fired, it's honestly hard to blame people for not taking these publications seriously.

In 2020, Callimachi was reassigned at the Times and will no longer cover terrorism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/caliphate-rev...

Correct. The bar isn't "we never make mistakes". They are human, everybody messes up. The question is, what happens when you do? Issuing a correction is the best standard we can hope for.