Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related?

Nine essays with the byline Tim Stevensen also contain contradictions. In one article, he claims his daughters are in their 20s and his son is a teenager; in another one published this year he says they’re 11, 13 and 15.

Heller wrote in her staff memo this week that Business Insider had “bolstered our verification protocols” but did not say how. The 40 essays have been replaced by editor’s notes that say they have been removed because they “didn’t meet Business Insider’s standards.”