Sometimes shit just happens. Let it go, move on.
The mistake here wasn't a miscommunication, it was in not realizing the cat was out of the bag and just cutting your losses.
Just like you can't get unpregnant, you can't retract stuff once it's posted on one of the web's top blogs. Fortune's type A control freak lawyers still need to learn that it seems.
The correct response from Fortune:
"Oops, that's not what we intended, but oh well, lesson learned - next time be more specific. Fuck it dude, lets go bowling."