Editing Rolling Stone (section)

=== False ivermectin story ===
In September 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' picked up a story published by [[Oklahoma]] news outlet [[KFOR-TV|KFOR]] which claimed that so many people had been hospitalized due to [[ivermectin]] overdoses in Oklahoma that there was no room in [[intensive care unit]]s for other patients, including those with gunshot wounds.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Ingram|first=Matthew|date=September 8, 2021|title=How a story about ivermectin and hospital beds went wrong|url=https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/how-a-story-about-ivermectin-and-hospital-beds-went-wrong.php|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]|language=en|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926130416/https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/how-a-story-about-ivermectin-and-hospital-beds-went-wrong.php}}</ref> However, an Oklahoma hospital said in a statement that there was no shortage of beds due to ivermectin overdoses,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 5, 2021|title=Oklahoma hospitals respond after doctor says Ivermectin overdoses "backing up" emergency rooms|url=https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/around-the-region/oklahoma-hospitals-respond-after-doctor-says-ivermectin-overdoses-backing-up-emergency-rooms/|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=KNWA FOX24|language=en-US|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926130418/https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/around-the-region/oklahoma-hospitals-respond-after-doctor-says-ivermectin-overdoses-backing-up-emergency-rooms/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the doctor who had been interviewed by KFOR had not said that ivermectin cases were crowding out other patients, but the initial story and subsequent coverage had linked separate comments about ivermectin overdoses and scarce beds.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Soave|first=Robby|date=September 6, 2021|title=The Media Fell for a Viral Hoax About Ivermectin Overdoses Straining Rural Hospitals|url=https://reason.com/2021/09/06/ivermectin-overdoses-oklahoma-hospitals-rolling-stone-hoax/|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|language=en-US|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927035838/https://reason.com/2021/09/06/ivermectin-overdoses-oklahoma-hospitals-rolling-stone-hoax/}}</ref> [[CNN]] fact-checker [[Daniel Dale]] stated that ''Rolling Stone'' had "[run] an adaptation of the KFOR story without appearing to do sufficient research to make sure the local report was sound".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dale|first=Daniel|author-link=Daniel Dale|date=September 7, 2021|title=Fact-checking the misinformation about Oklahoma hospitals and ivermectin|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/politics/fact-check-oklahoma-ivermectin-story/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[CNN]]|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926130426/https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/politics/fact-check-oklahoma-ivermectin-story/index.html}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' subsequently added an editor's note that retracted the core point of its story.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Wade|first=Peter|date=September 6, 2021|title=One Hospital Denies Oklahoma Doctor's Story of Ivermectin Overdoses Causing ER Delays for Gunshot Victims|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gunshot-victims-horse-dewormer-ivermectin-oklahoma-hospitals-covid-1220608/|url-status=live|access-date=October 10, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010030602/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gunshot-victims-horse-dewormer-ivermectin-oklahoma-hospitals-covid-1220608/}}</ref>

[[Kyle Smith (critic)|Kyle Smith]] of ''[[National Review]]'' called ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s correction "so humiliating, it's a wonder the place doesn't shut its doors immediately, liquidate all assets, and deny that it ever existed."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Kyle|date=September 6, 2021|title=Running stories that are "too good to check" used to be a journalistic joke. Now it's S.O.P.|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whatever-happened-to-the-journalistic-b-s-detector/|url-status=live|access-date=September 26, 2021|website=[[National Review]]|language=en-US|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926130420/https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/whatever-happened-to-the-journalistic-b-s-detector/}}</ref> [[Robby Soave]] of ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' said that the correct story was "something ''Rolling Stone'' could have figured out on its own had the magazine bothered to contact any hospitals in Oklahoma, but alas."<ref name=":1" /> Alex Shephard of ''[[The New Republic]]'' wrote, "For [[Mainstream media|mainstream]] and, particularly, [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]] media this should be a stark reminder of the value of due diligence and checking sources. At the very least, make a phone call."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Shephard|first=Alex|date=September 7, 2021|title=How Is the Media Still Screwing Up Covid Stories?|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/163573/media-ivermectin-rachel-maddow-pandemic|access-date=September 26, 2021|issn=0028-6583|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006091122/https://newrepublic.com/article/163573/media-ivermectin-rachel-maddow-pandemic|url-status=live}}</ref>