Callimachi's apology on Twitter[1] is itself okay, I think. It's the NYT article[2] that I read as weirdly congratulatory/"look how committed to journalism we are!" while discussing a fairly massive journalistic failure.

[1] https://twitter.com/rcallimachi/status/1339956839082037250

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/business/media/new-york-t...