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Aren't serious journalists supposed to publish retractions, or corrections to the article? But they simply removed it, and to make it worse, they even pretend i
by jevoten 5y ago
Aren't serious journalists supposed to publish retractions, or corrections to the article? But they simply removed it, and to make it worse, they even pretend it never existed, returning a 404 instead of "this article has been removed".
- midasuni 5y agoMight be a legal thing.
- jevoten 5y ago"Due to a court order/legal settlement, this article has been removed." But they didn't post that, did they?
- midasuni 5y agohttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/bbc-pull-documentary-young-refugee-23042425 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/bbc-pull... The broadcaster confirmed the piece would no longer air tonight, Wednesday, February 9, but "could not disclose the reason why". https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc-pulls-we-are-england-episode/5167442.article https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc-pulls-we-are-england-epis... The BBC has not confirmed the reason for pulling the show or the news story but Hassan’s Orfano X currency is understood to have ceased trading.
- lsllc 5y agoThere's an HTTP code for this (see RFC 7725): 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_451 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_451