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Noah Shachtman

Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman appears at a media event hosted by the U.S. Army in 2018. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army, public domain; Graphic by The Desk)

Noah Shachtman hired by Wired after Rolling Stone scandal

The former editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone interfered with a story about a friend's child sex abuse charges, according to NPR.

Former ABC News investigative journalist James Gordon Meek appears in a social media photo. (Image via Twitter, Graphic by The Desk)

Former ABC News producer pleads guilty to child porn charges

James Gordon Meek was found with a cache of child sex abuse images on several electronic devices.

Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Noah Shachtman appears at a media event hosted by the U.S. Army in 2018. (Photo courtesy U.S. Army, public domain; Graphic by The Desk)

Rolling Stone editor deleted details of ABC News reporter’s arrest

The editor, Noah Shachtman, removed information about a child sex abuse investigation against ABC News journalist and friend James Gordon Meek from a Rolling Stone story in September.

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