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Re:Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted... by puranjay on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:55AM (#13308763)
The apology never gets as much press as the accusation.

Journalistic ethics would be to never make the assertion without evidence in the first place.

An apology is the last thing a newspaper should run

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Re:Russian government hackers do not appear to have targeted... by woodruffw on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:57AM (#13310514)
See my response to belovedeagle.

There was evidence, but it was evidence that you or I would call insufficient to meet the weight of the accusation. You can find fault with that as shoddy journalism, but I don't think it meets the standard of unethical journalism.

> An apology is the last thing a newspaper should run

An apology is the first thing a newspaper should run, once it knows that its original story is faulty.

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