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The ombudsman also addressed it: https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2018/04/12/601650762/...

> NPR's standard procedure in cases of errors is to make a correction, not remove a story entirely, as was done in this case.

Glad to hear that the ombudsman raised the same issue I am raising here.

Maybe they are in the midst of such. It would be a good story.

This American Life did an entire episode about correcting one of their earlier episodes when they found out that the individual had made up many of the details. Honestly, the retraction episode was better than the original one:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple...

I actually went and emailed the NPR Ombudsmen (who posted a short thing about the OP that someone else linked to in these HN comments) suggesting they do such a follow-up story.

This is not what burying a story looks like. This is publicly owning up to your mistakes and trying to correct the record.