Mediagazer: Pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones pulls back from Genius, now annotating as a contractor instead of serving as executive editor (Jordan Sargent/Gawker)

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Jordan Sargent / Gawker:

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Alison McCook / Retraction Watch:

The journal Science retracts study on same-sex marriage despite one co-author's objections — Science retracts troubled gay canvassing study against LaCour's objections — Following revelations of data issues and other problems (which crashed our server last week), Science is retracting …

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