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Do you have any examples? A "retraction" is not just a synonym for "massive correction". It literally means to withdraw something. Some recent notable examples
by danso 9y ago
Do you have any examples? A "retraction" is not just a synonym for "massive correction". It literally means to withdraw something.
Some recent notable examples of retractions; in all cases, the story was completely pulled:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/business/3-cnn-journalists-resign-after-retracted-story-on-trump-ally.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/business/3-cnn-journalist...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/23/statement-on-coverage-seth-rich-murder-investigation.html http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/23/statement-on-cove...
http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-trump-franken-mueller-twitter-810355 http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-trump-franken-mueller-twit...
- jessriedel 9y agoThis is indeed common practice in journalism (but not science) when retracting a story, but it's not synonymous with "retraction". Indeed, daily newspapers before the internet often "retracted" stories when they clearly couldn't change how many copies were available. This is why the term "unpublish" has been introduced in the age of the internet.