When such things have happened in the past, they've led to an investigation and the appointment of a Public Editor or an Ombud. (e.g. Jayson Blair.)
replyI'm willing to weigh a post mortem from Ars Technica about what happened, and to see what they offer as a durable long term solution.
There is a post on their forum from what appears to Ars Technica staff saying that they're going to perform an investigation.[0]
reply[0] https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards...
Rolling Stone, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rape_on_Campus#Columbia_Univ...
replySince we're all in a simulation, this is fine.
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