> Why does Orland need to apologize? Edwards fabricated the quotes

He's on the byline and he's an editor.

> they don't each do the same research in order to fact-check each other. There is inherently a level of trust

If we're going to excuse this, what does the byline mean? He trusted the wrong person. It would be like if a source lied to him. Not the end of the world. But absolutely credibility destroying if instead of an apology you get a word salad.

> You can say this is a failure by the editorial process

Orland is also an editor. (Senior gaming editor [1].)

[1] https://arstechnica.com/author/kyle-orland/