Finally – a retraction

Posted by on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 · 2 Comments 

The Huffington Post finally publicly distanced itself from a blog post by Jeffrey Hoffman on South Africa’s 2010 World Cup. The story has been huff_retractionsmallremoved from its website and the following note appears:

Editor’s Note: Jeffrey Hoffman’s post, “Could The 2010 World Cup Be A Disaster In the Making?,” has been removed due to factual inaccuracy and inflammatory language.

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  1. Media Watch: The Huffington Post Retracts Jeffrey Hoffman’s 2010 Disaster-Scenario Article | BOOK SA - News says:
    January 20, 2010 at 9:37 am

    [...] HuffPo has (a) done some minor surgery on it, then (b) retracted it without explanation, then (c) offered a note of retraction, as the following screenshot shows (click it to go to the page on HuffPo):Of course, the full text [...]

  2. The Blogosphere Strikes Back : Brand South Africa Blog says:
    January 20, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    [...] response from the blogosphere and the twitterverse was swift and brutal, prompting the Huffington Post to do [...]



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