'Daily Beast,' Howard Kurtz Split Over Claim Jason Collins Did Not Disclose Engagement
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | May 03, 2013
Howard Kurtz and the Daily Beast have parted ways over an erroneous claim that Jason Collins did not disclose that he was once engaged to a woman.
Collins is the NBA player who on Monday announced that he is gay.
Kurtz wrote in column titled Jason Collins' Other Secret that the 34-year-old NBA free agent had failed to disclose his 8-year relationship with Carolyn Moos. A later version of the story stated that Collins had “downplayed” the subject.
(Related: Carolyn Moos, Jason Collins' ex-fiancee: I invested 8 years.)
“In his original blog post, Kurtz incorrectly stated that Collins 'didn't come clean' about the engagement,” the Daily Beast wrote in a correction. “In an amended version, Kurtz added that Collins 'downplayed' the engagement and 'didn't dwell on it.' The Daily Beast sincerely regrets Kurtz's error – and any implication that Collins attempted to hide or obscure the engagement.”
Newsweek/Daily Beast Editor in Chief Tina Brown announced the decision to split with Kurtz, the host of CNN's Reliable Sources, which takes a critical look at the news media.