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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by emptysongglass on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:01AM (#27960237)
For what it's worth, the NYT was also behind the podcast series Caliphate, which I wept to on hearing the first hand accounts of murder and violation perpetrated in the name of ISIS. It came to light later that their primary source they relied on for the story fabricated the whole thing. [1]

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55375277

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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by babyblueblanket on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:23AM (#27960540)
I believe the NYT also published their own failing there, widely, on its own front page.
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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by misiti3780 on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:43PM (#27961651)
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...

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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by fortuna86 on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:03PM (#27961117)
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.
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