What Are Some of the Best Stories in The New York Times?

They "often involve the Gray Lady’s self-flagellation over a doozy of a mistake..."

The most recent doozy-of-a-correction involves an award-winning 2018 podcast call "Caliphate," which the Times flogged as an example of the paper's devotion to in-depth reporting and accuracy -- until, after denials and deflections by some of the paper's staff,  the main source for the podcast was exposed as what the Times top editor called a "fabulist." 

"The bizarre episode is important because it helps illustrate what has happened to the Times since it abandoned its standards of fairness and accuracy to pursue a far-left political and cultural agenda. While the ritualistic repentance in this case seems sincere, it is also designed to create the impression that everything else the paper publishes can be trusted. Nonsense," says NY Post columnist and former Times reporter Michael Goodwin, who lists other examples of high-profile but inaccurate reporting by the paper.  Read the story here...