The Times Opinion section that had the misleading Kavanaugh story has a history of 'mistakes'

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The New York Times was reeling on Monday after its Opinion section fumbled a high-profile story about an allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, drawing widespread criticism and condemnation of the newspaper.

It was the latest in a series of high-profile blunders that has caused embarrassment to James Bennet since he was appointed in 2016 as the editor overseeing The Times' Opinion section.

Bennet's tenure has been marked with several mishaps that have generated controversy, drawn criticism, and spurred at least one lawsuit.

A spokesperson for The Times declined to make Bennet available for an interview for this story, but defended the Opinion section by pointing to its talented writers and the good work they have produced.
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The weekend flub was one in a series of botched stories.

In 2017, the Opinion section published an editorial that drew a link between an advertisement from Sarah Palin's political action committee and a 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona, in which six people were killed and then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was severely wounded. There is, in fact, no evidence that the shooter saw the advertisement, much less that he was motivated by it. The Times issued a correction, but Palin filed a lawsuit against the newspaper. Palin's suit was initially dismissed but an appeals court revived it in August.

In April of this year, the Opinion section of The Times' international edition published an anti-Semitic cartoon. The Opinion section issued an apology and The Times' publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, said the newspaper was "taking disciplinary" measures regarding the editor involved.

And most recently, The Times faced a barrage of criticism and mockery over the actions of columnist Bret Stephens. After being jokingly referred to as a "bedbug" on Twitter by a George Washington University professor, Stephens sent an email to the professor and his provost to complain. Stephens later wrote an op-ed likening being referred to as a bedbug to the dehumanizing language Jewish people faced under Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.
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The reporters for the Kavanaugh story say the details were in their original story and were taken out in the editing process.  That, of course, does not explain why they signed off on the editing.  Their mistake has been embraced by some Democrats who are using the misleading story as a basis for an impeachment proceeding.  Such is the desperation of the Democrats to save a bad decision allowing abortions.