Murdoch Flack Scrubs Trump/Rape Story From NY Post

Slate reports:

The New York Post tabloid has reportedly scrubbed the conservative news site of any mention of E. Jean Carroll’s recent rape allegation made against President Donald Trump last week in New York magazine. The Post’s website had carried two posts about the bombshell, one by a New York Post reporter and another Associated Press wire story about the allegation.

The two stories are now broken links that redirect readers to a 404 error page. Tthe move to remove any mention of the latest in a long line of sexual misconduct allegations made against Trump came at the behest of Col Allan, a Rupert Murdoch lieutenant, Trump supporter, and former editor in chief of the Post, who signed on as an adviser to the tabloid early this year.

CNN reports:

A spokeswoman for the Post declined to comment. The spokeswoman did not dispute the account of events CNN Business provided to her, nor did she provide an explanation for the removal of the stories about Carroll’s accusations.

But the two people familiar with the matter told CNN Business that Col Allan, the former editor-in-chief of the Post who currently works as an adviser to the paper, ordered the story to be scrubbed from the website.