A New York Times story published on Saturday reported on the Charleston shooter Dylann Roof’s online manifesto, which included “9/11 memes” and My Little Pony images. The story, written by Pulitzer-winning journalist Frances Robles, was based on information by a British 16-year-old with a Hotmail account who fabricated the information. Benjamin Wareing never provided NYT a link to the Tumblr account nor screenshots of the blog. Despite his fabrication, Wareing says he did it because he wants to be a journalist: “I don’t want to be someone who reports complete lies … This makes me want to try harder to make a better change in reporting.”
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