Subsequently, the Times “found a history of misrepresentations by Mr. Chaudhry and no corroboration that he committed the atrocities he described in the ‘Caliphate’ podcast,” according to the lengthy editors’ note posted Friday. “But I think she’s a fine reporter.”Baquet also told the Times that the fault did not sit with one journalist but was an institutional failure. But, frankly, that’s a reason to be five times as cautious.”Baquet told The Washington Post that a retraction wasn’t warranted. Like Callimachi, other Times journalists have been reassigned, rather than fired, when their work or conduct has been called into question. But it wasn’t clear that Chaudhry could actually back up the claims he made on the podcast.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2020 16:35 UTC