Caliphate, an insider’s story of
ISIS, caused a sensation. But with its credibility in doubt, questions are raised about the media
Ben Smith of the
New York Times is not known for pulling his punches. The former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, who revealed the dossier on suspicions that the
Kremlin held kompromat on
Donald Trump, is on a new beat – the US media.
Smith’s most recent column was a bombshell, his target the practices of his own employer as well as one of its brightest stars, Rukmini Callimachi, an award-winning correspondent who covered the rise and fall of
Islamic State.