Ruth Shalit Barrett, American writer and journalist, resigned from The New Republic in 1999 for alleged instances of plagiarism and inaccurate reporting for stories written in 1994 and 1995. The Atlantic in 2020 retracted a freelance story by her for inventing sources and having lied to the editors and fact-checkers about details in her reporting.

In 2022 Shalit Barrett sued the Atlantic for $1 million claiming that the magazine “smeared” her reputation. The Atlantic says her lawsuit is without merit. The lawsuit is unresolved as of mid-2024.

Source: The Atlantic Issues Scathing Correction by Blake Montgomery, Daily Beast, 2020. Barrett Sues the Atlantic by Howie and Gerstein, Political, 2022.  Graphic: Shalit Barrett, The Wrap, 2020.