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Internal review concludes high standards were not met in corroborating Canadian man’s claims to be Isis executioner
The New York Times failed to corroborate sensational claims made by a Canadian fantasist who represented himself as an Isis executioner in Syria, according to a devastating internal review conducted by the paper.
The horrific accounts that formed the backbone of the award-winning podcast series Caliphate – hosted by Rukmini Callimachi, one of the paper’s star reporters – were deemed by the review not to have met the paper’s standards and followed widespread institutional failings, including senior editorial oversight. Continue reading...