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by ComputerGuru 1682 days ago
> That prompted a statement promising further examination from The Journal and something far more significant from The Washington Post’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee. She took a step that is almost unheard-of: removing large chunks of erroneous articles from 2017 and 2019, as well as an offending video.

This is why archive.org and its ilk are now more important than ever before. We can’t allow history to be erased like this in the name of saving face.

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I think that's a big downside of the internet compared to traditional media.

It's so easy to just remove anything after the fact without any accountability. Don't worry, it's just WaPo rewriting history instead of issuing corrections and retractions officially with justification and reasonings.

Nope, just remove it to save face.

So disgusting.