> Having read neither of these articles, the original or the retraction, would be the ideal state. I disagree. The ideal state would be news organization would

> Having read neither of these articles, the original or the retraction, would be the ideal state. I disagree. The ideal state would be news organization would be held accountable for the nonsense they get up to. The original article was an interesting insight into the benefits of the Internet and how it can be beneficial to tribes like that. This latest article (not really a retraction) is also beneficial in that it calls out the nonsense other news outlets got up to, and points a light at the issue itself, as you yourself are doing.