The New York Times announced late Friday that it would return a Peabody Award it had won in 2018 for its “Caliphate” podcast. NYT’s star reporter Rukmini Callimachi’s podcast has embarrassedly fallen out of favor, culminating in an internal investigation into the reporting and production process released Friday morning. The report said the podcast “fell short of Times journalism standards” after it was revealed that the core of the story was based on lies the podcast’s protagonist told about his imagined time in ISIS.
As a result, Callimachi will be removed from terrorism. The NYT also said it would return its Peabody it received for the podcast. The Peabody organization has released a statement accepting the NYT’s proposal. “The Peabody organization was informed today that the New York Times will return the 2018 Peabody Award for the podcast Caliphate,” the statement said. how the Times has handled this matter, “Dr. Jeffrey P. Jones, the organization’s executive director, wrote in a statement.” We will receive the award in recognition of the mutual respect that both organizations have for each other’s many years of experience. record of journalistic integrity. The Overseas Press Club has also withdrawn the 2018 award for the podcast on Friday, tweet that the club has made the decision “Take note of the conclusions of The New York Times internal review.”
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