NYT Magazine defends Rhodes profile from press attacks

By Becket Adams

Published May 13, 2016 12:27am ET

The May 5 story, titled "The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama's Foreign-Policy Guru," describes how Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes used the press to help lay the groundwork for passage of the Iran deal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

The New York Times Magazine is defending its report alleging one of President Obama’s top spin doctors fed fictitious talking points to a complicit media in order to put a positive spin on the controversial Iran nuclear deal, against complaints from some of the reporters named in the story.

The magazine’s editor-in-chief used social media Thursday to address the criticism.