The Danger of Wishful Thinking: Revisiting the NYT’s Disastrous 1979 Prediction of Khomeini
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, In the world of political journalism, there are “bad takes,” and then there are historic failures. Perhaps the most glaring example in modern history is the media’s initial portrayal of Ayatollah Khomeini during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
