turning the spotlight

After exhaustive examination of faulty intelligence and gullibility by the White House administration, the influential New York Times finally turns the spotlight on themselves in analysing their own pre-war coverage.

The editors write:

But we have found a number of instances of coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been. In some cases, information that was controversial then, and seems questionable now, was insufficiently qualified or allowed to stand unchallenged. Looking back, we wish we had been more aggressive in re-examining the claims as new evidence emerged — or failed to emerge.

A sample of their Iraqi coverage can be found here.