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.