TPMMuckraker Dean Baquet: June 2009
New York Times
NYT Public Editor Comes Down On Paper For 'Flawed' Gitmo Story
Justin Elliott | June 8, 2009, 6:12PM
New York Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt has written a dissection of the paper's front-page story on Guantanamo "recidivism," concluding the May 21 piece was "seriously flawed and greatly overplayed."
The story, which originally ran under the headline "1 In 7 Detainees Rejoined Jihad, Pentagon Finds," was the subject of an "editors' note" Friday walking back several of its claims.
Hoyt writes today: the story "demonstrated again the dangers when editors run with exclusive leaked material in politically charged circumstances and fail to push back skeptically."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (7) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (10)Topics: Dean Baquet, Elisabeth Bumiller, Guantanamo, New York Times
New York Times
NYT: We Made Big Mistakes On Front-Page Gitmo Story, But We Did Not Get Spun
Justin Elliott | June 5, 2009, 3:54PM
The New York Times has published a lengthy "Editors' Note" rolling back key claims in its front-page story on Guantanamo "recidivism" last month, and the paper's Washington bureau chief concedes it wouldn't have been a Page 1 story if the paper realized the errors in the story when it ran.
"It's something that we thought we needed to explain to readers to amplify the story and to correct something we got wrong," Dean Baquet, NYT Washington bureau chief, told TPMmuckraker.
Baquet added that, given the factual errors, "I'm not sure it would have led the paper" but still believes that the piece was "a legitimate news story."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (25) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (12)Topics: Craig Whitney, Dean Baquet, Elisabeth Bumiller, Guantanamo, New York Times
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