The Diplomat magazine has retracted a Nov. 5 article that included quotes from a CEO where the interview was fabricated.
A Diplomat article states, “The author presented themselves as a South Korean freelance journalist and claimed to have interviewed Newtype’s CEO. We now know that the journalist fabricated the interview and may not even be who they claimed to be. Additional scrutiny of the exchange between the journalist and The Diplomat revealed evidence that the emails originated in Russia, suggesting this article was part of a disinformation operation.
“We deeply regret the error we made in publishing this piece. We will add steps to our verification processes to ensure this doesn’t happen again. We apologize to Newtype.”
Read more here.
