Thompson, in his latest Mea Culpa states
"The six stories that quoted this individual as an unnamed source have been removed from our article database. A search of other news sources through the Internet and on Nexis finds no evidence that any of those six stories were published elsewhere. If a further search uncovers evidence of those stories appearing on any web site or in any publication, we will contact that web site or publication and instruct them to remove the stories."
Thompson expects us to believe that these stories were published and had no other impact, anywhere. That does not say much about the impact of Thompson's writing or his website. However, I do not believe that is possible: look at the number of variations his "Wilkinson" story has engendered. His excuse for removing these offending articles smacks more of coverup and revisionism (which he has already demonstrated a penchant for) than a reverence for the truth. Without knowledge of the contents of these six articles, we cannot know the damage that may have been done.
It is possible that the removal of these offending articles is more of an effort by Thompson to hide other "creative" quotations and facts that were in reality the false imaginings of either Wilkinson or Thompson himself.