"Sean Adl-Tabatabai, the editor-in-chief of the publication, told the AP in an email that YourNewsWire no longer stands by the story.
“Our editorial standards have changed significantly since we moved to NewsPunch.com in late 2018,” he said. “The story was originally published on YourNewsWire.com - the claims made in the article were copied from a blog elsewhere on the web. Since it came to light that the claims we had copied were unreliable and likely false, we removed the story from YourNewsWire and didn’t republish on our new site.”"
Making me link the AP, I feel dirty, Pede:
"Sean Adl-Tabatabai, the editor-in-chief of the publication, told the AP in an email that YourNewsWire no longer stands by the story.
“Our editorial standards have changed significantly since we moved to NewsPunch.com in late 2018,” he said. “The story was originally published on YourNewsWire.com - the claims made in the article were copied from a blog elsewhere on the web. Since it came to light that the claims we had copied were unreliable and likely false, we removed the story from YourNewsWire and didn’t republish on our new site.”"
https://archive.is/wip/TgLRy
Looks like AP went to some effort to bury & discredit the story.
In fairness, it's kind of retarded to assume a doctor would jeopardize his career by violating HIPAA to disclose that.
AP......honk