On June 5, 2003 (May 6, 2003 in the lunar calendar), the executive editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of The New York Times resigned due to a fake news scandal. This is a photo of Howell Raines (left), executive editor-in-chief of the New York Times, who resigned, and his successor Joseph Lelyveld (right). On June 5, 2003, the New York Times issued a statement saying that Howell Raines, executive editor-in-chief of the newspaper, announced his resignation after being influenced by the scandal of the newspaper's young reporter fabricating and plagiarizing other people's works. At the same time, the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Gerald Boyd, also announced his resignation. On May 11, the New York Times published a 7500-word article prominently on its front page, revealing that Blair, the newspaper's 27-year-old black reporter, was making up exclusive news. The article detailed Blair's fabrication, plagiarism and discrepancies between reports and facts in 36 press releases. This incident became the biggest scandal in the New York Times since its founding. Blair himself resigned on May 1. According to reports, another famous journalist named Prague also committed similar behavior in June last year. After the "Two Brews Incident", the executive editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of the New York Times were implicated and continued to receive fierce criticism from all walks of life in the United States. New York Times spokesman Usnick announced the decision on behalf of the newspaper's publisher and New York Times Group Chairman Yasser Sulzberg in front of dozens of reporters, editors and other staff at the New York Times headquarters in Times Square. After Blair's fake news scandal and Prague's actions were exposed, The New York Times held a meeting of more than 600 editorial staff to reflect on this. The newspaper has also established a special committee to review its internal editorial policies.