A letter signed by executives at 26 stations carrying “The Daily” accuses The Times of ethical lapses. A high-level Times editor acknowledges mistakes.
In an Editors’ Note last month, The New York Times laid out the journalistic problems in the “Caliphate” podcast.Credit…Zack DeZon for The New York Times
Jan. 12, 2021
Nearly a month after The New York Times announced that the 2018 podcast “Caliphate” did not meet its journalistic standards, a public radio association has accused The Times of committing ethical lapses in its efforts to make amends.
The Public Radio Program Directors Association, which represents executives at public media outlets across the country, sent a letter of complaint on Monday to The Times’s audio division. It was signed by executives at 26 public radio stations that carry “The Daily,” the popular Times podcast hosted by Michael Barbaro.
In mid-December, an Editors’ Note in The Times laid out the journalistic problems in “Caliphate,” a 12-part series that sought to shed light on the Islamic State. In the note, The Times
