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They didn't claim to have personally seen the WMDs, but they acknowledged in a 2004 apology (https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-the-times
by SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
They didn't claim to have personally seen the WMDs, but they acknowledged in a 2004 apology (https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-the-times-and-iraq.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-th...) that they created a systematically false impression about the veracity of the evidence. The apology includes references to specific articles if you're interested to read them in detail, but the general thread is an uncritical presentation of uncorroborated evidence from sources who had obvious incentives to mislead the public.