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Vanity Fair, can now be added to the list of liars that includes CNN, the New York Times and the L.A. Times.

No.

This was a misdeed by a reporter. The problems at the NYT also started with misdeeds by reporters, but if the editors had done their jobs, it would not have exploded into a scandal. Likewise, the problem at CNN and the LAT are editor-level problems: the news editors at CNN are biased, and the LAT editors swoon for Robert Scheer.

It depends how Vanity Fair handles this. If it publishes a full correction and an apology, it should not be added to the list of liars. The specific reporter in question should be, but not the magazine.

[Timesink]

It depends how Vanity Fair handles this. If it publishes a full correction and an apology, it should not be added to the list of liars. The specific reporter in question should be, but not the magazine.

The magazine and its management are ultimately responsible. Unless their retractions are printed as full stories the size of the original lies, unless every ounce of public relations given to promote their original "big story" is given to promote the retraction - things that have NEVER HAPPENED IN THIS HISTORY OF MODERN JOURNALISM - then Vanity Fair is as responsible as the reporter.

[Terp]

It depends how Vanity Fair handles this. If it publishes a full correction and an apology, it should not be added to the list of liars. The specific reporter in question should be, but not the magazine.

Are you going to hold your breath? I'm not!!! But seriously I hope they do print a correction and apologize.