McClatchy's credibility took another hit Saturday with a published Internet article accusing McClatchy reporters of distorting quotes and printing unattributed gossip.
Nibras Kazimi is a visiting scholar at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. He also writes a weekly column on the Middle East for the New York Sun, and a monthly column for the Prospect Magazine.
He blogs at Talisman Gate. Saturday Kazimi published a stunning piece accusing McClatchy's Cairo bureau chief Hannah Allam, plus two other reporters, of serious journalistic violations. Kazimi's article: "McClatchy News Agency Purposely Distorts Quotes, Publishes Unattributed Gossip".
Kazimi focuses on McClatchy's "exclusive" story from April 29 claiming General Qassem Suleimani, the head of the Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, has become most influential man in Iraq. The piece was written by Hannah Allam, Warren Strobel, and Jonathan Landay. Kazimi's research finds the McClatchy piece is full of hyperbole, anonymous sources, moving sentences around to change meaning, and confusing speculation with fact.
As another matter, Kazimi says Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel are "two activist reporters with a strong bias against the Iraq war." Uh, yeah.
Can you say "tabloid newspaper"?
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