Editing Rolling Stone (section)

===Ethics controversy over El Chapo interview===
In 2016, ''Rolling Stone'' commissioned [[Sean Penn]] to write a feature on [[Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán]] in what was billed as a landmark story and Guzmán's first-ever interview. Penn met Guzmán, then wanted by Mexican and U.S. authorities, at a jungle hideout for an interview, which was agreed to by Guzmán on the condition he have final editorial control over the article.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |last1=Dilts |first1=Elizabeth |title=Rolling Stone sparks new scrutiny after Sean Penn interview with 'El Chapo' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mexico-guzman-rollingstone/rolling-stone-sparks-new-scrutiny-after-sean-penn-interview-with-el-chapo-idUKKCN0UP02G20160111 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=January 10, 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409164817/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-mexico-guzman-rollingstone/rolling-stone-sparks-new-scrutiny-after-sean-penn-interview-with-el-chapo-idUKKCN0UP02G20160111 |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon publication, the article, characterized by the [[Associated Press]] as "long and rambling", was extensively mocked by social media users and prompted a discussion about the magazine's ethical standards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |title=Rolling Stone under fire for Sean Penn's El Chapo interview |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rolling-stone-sean-penn-controversy-1.3397752 |access-date=April 6, 2023 |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 10, 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409183332/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rolling-stone-sean-penn-controversy-1.3397752 |url-status=live }}</ref> Andrew Seaman, chairman of the ethics committee of the Society of Professional Journalists, called the decision to allow a source pre-approval of an article "inexcusable", while the [[Poynter Institute]]'s chief ethicist Kelly McBride opined that the article evidenced several failures of editorial control by ''Rolling Stone''.<ref name="reuters"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carmody |first1=Casey |title=Rolling Stone Faces New Reporting Controversy, Continues to Face Questions over Retracted Story |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/184721/2016%20WinterSpring602.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |access-date=April 6, 2023 |work=The Silha Bulletin |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] |date=Spring 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409164816/https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/184721/2016%20WinterSpring602.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with [[NPR]], Alfredo Corchado, a former [[Mexico City]] bureau chief for the ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'', said that pre-approval rights meant the story was not real journalism: "It's business, it's Hollywood. It's more in the lines of what a public relations firm would do."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Colin |title=Interview With 'El Chapo' Draws Backlash From Mexican Journalists |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/10/462595090/interview-with-el-chapo-draws-backlash-from-mexican-journalists |access-date=April 9, 2023 |work=[[NPR]] |date=January 10, 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409175037/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/10/462595090/interview-with-el-chapo-draws-backlash-from-mexican-journalists |url-status=live }}</ref>

Questions also arose as to whether relaxed security procedures by the magazine helped authorities track and capture Guzmán, who was arrested several days after the interview was conducted.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sean Penn's interview helped us catch El Chapo, say Mexican sources |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/10/sean-penns-interview-helped-us-catch-el-chapo-say-mexican-sources.html |access-date=April 9, 2023 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=January 10, 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409175037/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/10/sean-penns-interview-helped-us-catch-el-chapo-say-mexican-sources.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Kate del Castillo]], who arranged the meeting, said that she had to flee the country after the article's publication, and charged that Penn had "used me as a bait, and then he never protected me. And risked my life and my parents' life and my sister's life and everybody surrounding me."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carras |first1=Christi |title=Actress Kate del Castillo is calling actor Sean Penn's 2016 Rolling Stone |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-11-19/kate-del-castillo-sean-penn-el-chapo-rolling-stone |access-date=April 9, 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 19, 2020 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409164816/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-11-19/kate-del-castillo-sean-penn-el-chapo-rolling-stone |url-status=live }}</ref>

Penn later said his article "had failed", noting that discussion about the ethics of the story overshadowed the actual report.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schuppe |first1=Jon |title=Sean Penn Says His 'El Chapo' Article in Rolling Stone 'Failed' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-penn-says-his-el-chapo-article-rolling-stone-failed-n497341 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=January 15, 2023 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409164816/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-penn-says-his-el-chapo-article-rolling-stone-failed-n497341 |url-status=live }}</ref>