This is a hard-to-swallow indictment of a powerful editor and a take-no-prisoners publication (Rolling Stone).

The journalist tried to maintain the integrity of the story, but the editor omitted key facts because the story was about his friend.

Ultimately, the subject of the FBI raid, a journalist, was targeted because of child abuse and not because of his reporting.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1164360143/rolling-stone-fbi-raid-journalist-james-gordon-meek