#retraction

#retraction

Shachtman, then serving as the top editor at the publication, reportedly instructed Siegel not to turn in a story with the words child pornography in it; and then took advantage of Siegel leaving work to tend to her dying mother by going back on an agreement to note that the FBI raid pertained to possible criminal behavior outside the scope of Meek's work in her article, according to an NPR investigation.

Most days, an email lands in my inbox with the promise to amplify my growth-my newsletter subscribers, the reach of my podcasts, the number of client leads, etc. I've gotten used to random people pitching me on their services, and some of the messages expertly prey on my insecurities as a business owner ("you're leaving so much on the table," et al.). I never answer any of them, but I sometimes wonder which ones might actually be legit.

I get the concerns that AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel may try to scrub all Trump references and images in the Epstein files before they are released. Well, there are nearly 1,000 FBI/DOJ staff who looked at the files in March with no compartmentalizing, limits, or controls.

The shocking diminishment of The Washington Post, which has just announced it is cutting a third of its staff, is not just another story of a great paper succumbing to algorithms, social media, and the march to idiocracy. In their zeal to be seen as fair and evenhanded, journalists tend to accept the common criticism that they failed to adapt that, basically, they didn't produce enough viral TikTok videos. There's some truth to that, but the main problem lies elsewhere.

"It is distressing to realise - having seen the evidence and disclosure provided by Associated - that, like other newspapers, Associated targeted me as well as others using unlawful means and the use of private investigators for the purposes of their own profit. "The fact that they have remained completely unapologetic for this illegal behaviour is also distressing."