The basis for the entire piece is false, as many historians have said. People within the Times have admitted as much, and have even silently edited the piece without issuing corrections to remove some of the most blatant falsehoods as an attempt to save face.

The Times has lots of good journalism still, but is a propaganda laundering outlet. Falsehoods are published there so that other journalists, lawmakers, and academics can reference falsehoods in the Times as truth. This has happened in the past, just reference how they were used to launder misinformation with regards to weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.