Reply #55: This is not the retraction that should be offered.

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

Marc Ash saying "The time has now come, however, to issue a partial apology to our readership for this story" and "As such, we will be taking the wait-and-see approach for the time being" is extremely lame.

Admit that you were wrong. Apologise for it. If you feel up to it, explain why you were wrong and how you will try to avoid being so wrong in the future. We were already taking the "wait-and-see approach" until you claimed to have inside knowledge that trumped it.

To steal shamelessly from symbolman regarding the "Scoop Nazi": No scoop for you, one year. Go to the back of the line.