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> In 2020 Norman Wang, a cardiologist at the University of Pittsburgh, was demoted for publishing a paper in the Journal of the American Heart Association that analysed and criticised diversity initiatives. The journal issued an apology and retracted it.

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The Economist really under-described this article in a way that seems deceptive. In the retraction notice[1], two examples of misrepresented quotations from Dr. Wang's article are displayed next to the primary source. Misrepresenting sources is not 'analysis'.

1 = https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.014602

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