Does anyone remember Jyason Blair from the NYT?
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New York Times: Reporter routinely faked articles
Blair’s editors never asked him to identify the sources, the Times reported, and the paper concedes that the article, which drew fire from federal officials at the time, was flawed.
National editors said they were unaware of Blair’s accuracy problems and said they would have asked more questions if they had known of previous editors’ concerns. The newspaper conceded that poor communication among senior editors, as well as a lack of complaints from the subjects of his articles, allowed Blair to escape detection.
https://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/05/10/ny.times.reporter/
” ... the paper concedes that the article, which drew fire from federal officials at the time, was flawed.”
“Flawed”? It was a complete fabrication.