'New York Times' Retracts Core Of Hit Podcast Series 'Caliphate' On ISIS
After an internal review, The New York Times now says it built the 2018 podcast Caliphate on a story it cannot vouch for. It says star reporter Rukmini Callimachi will no longer cover terrorism.
Hasnain says:
Damn. And I’d liked and recommended this before. Kudos for issuing a retraction and returning awards (though I am not sure if that’s too warranted - I don’t know if NYT kept denying it until this was unavoidable)”
“The Times did not remove the episodes from its site or feeds. Asked whether its actions constitute a retraction, Baquet pauses and says, "I guess for the parts that were about Chaudhry and his history and his background. Yeah, I think it is. Sure does."
Baquet also acknowledges that Murphy's review will yield additional corrections of Callimachi's past work. However, he says nothing rose to the level of the mistakes in judgment made in Caliphate.”
Posted on 2020-12-19T17:46:57+0000