[sphars]

Aurich Lawson (creative director at Ars) posted a comment[0] in response to a thread about what happened, the article has been pulled and they'll follow-up next week.

[0]: https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards...

[_HMCB_]

It’s funny they say the article “may have” run afoul of their journalistic standards. May have is carrying a lot of weight there.

[pseudalopex]

Saying may have during an investigation was unremarkable.

[llbbdd]

The article "may have" drawn too much attention to how little they care.

[usefulposter]

Just like in the original thread that was wiped (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012384), Ars Subscriptors continue to display lack of reading comprehension and jump to defending Condé Nast.

All threads have since been locked:

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards...

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/is-there-going-to-be-a...

https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/um-what-happened-to-th...

[bombcar]

Ars Technika has fallen substantially from the heady era of Siracusa macOS reviews.