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Is it time to ask if the Old Gray Lady is turning senile? Last year The New York Times was in a fluster when its highly touted, wildly publicised new look at the history of this country The 1619 Project came under fire when historical fact-checking exposed it as a sham. The paper spent time and energy pushing the project and getting it instituted into school curriculums, but did little work in actually vetting the facts contained therein. Numerous historians have challenged the piece, with one describing it as ‘’Anti-historical’’. Despite efforts to defend the content it has become an ongoing embarrassment for The Times, and now the paper has another major story that is falling apart under scrutiny. In 2018 there was praise rising up for a podcast series entitled ‘’Caliphate’’. More than 2 years later, information has emerged that shows the basis for the entire series has been found to be fabricated. Now, following internal investigations, ....