To put this all into perspective, it looks like somebody got fired at the Rolling Stone over a negative review of a Hootie & the Blowfish album: http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-09/entertainment/ca-1313...
It should also not be forgotten that the UVA rape hoax story was covered uncritically by all mainstream media and not just in the US, even though it smelled like a hoax from day one. Same with the 'mattress girl'. Nobody will be fired for this at the Guardian, at the NYT, at ... Critical journalism is dead.