an NPR investigation this year uncovered evidence linking Wang to an elaborate con involving impersonation of government officials, credit card fraud

can't believe a totalitarian regime would crush the entrepreneurial freedom of an aspiring small business owner

People who study journalism said they can't recall so many news organizations retracting or amending stories because of questions about the reliability of a single source.

"In the 25 years or so that I've been watching this carefully and writing about it, I've never seen anything like this," says Ed Wasserman, former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. "In the literature, I can't think of another instance."

...and when this exact same thing happens again tomorrow, that will also be the first time anyone will recall seeing anything like it.