An unfortunate correction, corpse-stomping

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On second thought…

The New York Times added a lengthy and deeply embarrassing editor’s note to its November profile of Palestinian literature professor Refaat Alareer. The note, which is more than 250 words long, admits its initial reporting, which painted the scholar as an emissary of peace for his home country and its Jewish neighbors, failed somehow to notice his rampant antisemitism.

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