He later retracted, claiming that he had been nowhere near the scene.
One of the questions, she said, asked for opinions on Mr. Gore's now retracted claim that he invented the Internet.
Perhaps worse, it has not retracted claims that a microbe is able to use arsenic in its DNA instead of phosphorus, despite overwhelming scientific criticism.
Andrew M. Cuomo said Friday that he could deal with the unsubstantiated — and, later, clumsily retracted — claims made by his rival in the race for governor, Carl P. Paladino, that Mr. Cuomo had been unfaithful to his wife.
They informed her that the entertainer intended to sue her for slander and libel unless she retracted claims she had made in the media that he'd groped her after filming an episode of Jimmy Savile's Clunk-Click TV show in the 70s, demanding unspecified damages and a public apology.
Later police offered, then retracted, claims that Smith was armed.
A drama school embroiled in the Brass Eye paedophilia controversy has taken out an advert in the entertainment industry newspaper, the Stage, retracting claims it had made previously in the Daily Mail.
It is not uncommon for the Nigerian military to retract claims regarding operations, and security analysts and local media have cast doubt on the reliability of its statements.
We do, however, get a moment of defensive finger-pointing, equivocation and "I never quite meant it like that", concerning his paper that was later retracted and claimed to be fraudulent.
Like Razvozzhayev, Abu Sisi admitted guilt, but later retracted it, claiming that his confession had been made under pressure.
