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When Will The New York Times Correct Its Flawed Reporting on Canada’s ‘Unmarked Graves’?

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Ian Austen of The New York Times wrote two error-packed stories at the height of Canada ’s “unmarked graves” meltdown.

None of his mistakes have been corrected in his two stories, despite the passage of almost 40 months since their publication.

Austen 's articles were published in May 2021 : Horrible History : Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada .

Frida Ghitis : I've been friendly with Austen in the past, and have provided quotes to him for his reporting on other issues.

She says he's back with a newly published article on the subject entitled, What Lies Beneath Canada’s Former Indigenous School Sites Fuels a Debate .

Ghitis says Austen 's new article debunks his original reporting of unmarked graves.

Austen failed to note that Casimir recently downgraded her original claims about GPR -detected “children” to “anomalies” He also takes care to quote Casimir ’s description of unmarked-graves sceptics as “denialists” Austen himself has now effectively admitted that his original 2021 reporting on this subject was flawed.