To be fair, anyone who believes Rolling Stone after the absolute atrocity that was that college "rape" piece a few years back is probably irredeemably stupid.

The article now includes a tweet referencing the Hospital's statement as though it was expected, without an extra heading or correction notice or title change. Then they pad out the statement again as if to address the concerns of falsehood it raises, before getting the same doc to restate his concerns for the ignorant masses in more detail.

Presumably this time they prodded him for something that does not require confirmation, there isn't an hour to waste in getting on top of a backlash.