Dan Gillmor on Nostr: The New York Times once published a news story about Hitler in which the reporter ...

The New York Times once published a news story about Hitler in which the reporter wrote -- and editors approved -- the following: "But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers..." (see screenshot).

That should have been an indelible lesson. It wasn't.

The Times repeats its worst failures. It's institutional.