In an email obtained by Business Insider, Becker apologized to his colleagues for "showing a lack of judgment." However, while Becker took the fall, he was not the only person to blame, a person familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
IJR's chief content officer, Benny Johnson, had been warned earlier that the story about Obama was an unfounded conspiracy theory, but he assigned it to Becker anyway, this person said.
Alex Skatell, the founder of IJR, told Business Insider in a statement that the incident was under investigation. He said Becker, Johnson, and content editor Becca Lower had been suspended:
We are committed to an editorial team that includes voices, perspectives and geographies that span the country but equally committed to quality standards in our newsroom. As we've grown we've sought to improve on that front and last month we launched our six person editorial operations team along with enforcement and review for all editorial content. Last week we got it wrong and ultimately deserve all the criticism if we want to be taken seriously. As a result of last week's failure Kyle Becker has been suspended indefinitely as well as his supervisor and Chief Content Officer Benny Johnson and the content editor approving the post Becca Lower. We are reviewing all the details to determine if further action is necessary, this ultimately falls on me to get right and we have to do better in the future."
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