Generally I take a dim view of shoddy journalism. Not doing adequate investigation before printing, then refusing to retract when it turns out you were wrong is

Generally I take a dim view of shoddy journalism. Not doing adequate investigation before printing, then refusing to retract when it turns out you were wrong is basically a textbook example of that. I get that people really like him, but he had plenty of time to do the right thing here and has nobody to blame but himself.