October 1, 2002

Salon retracts Tom White / Enron story

Christian Crumlish

Salon today went beyond an earlier correction and removed a story originally published on August 29:

Oct. 1, 2002 æ|æ After careful review, Salon's editors have decided to take down from our Web site an article titled "Tom White played key role in covering up Enron losses" that we published on Aug. 29. We took this unusual step because we have come to the conclusion that we can no longer stand by the story in its entirety. Though we have corroborated most of the reporting in the article, some unanswered questions remain.

How usual is it for a publication to retract a story entirely? I presume it will be unavailable in the Salon archive? I saw this story in my aggregator so I don't know how prominently the headline is displayed on the Salon.com home page.

Posted by xian at October 1, 2002 3:27 PM
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