Exposed conspiracy authors apologize to the aggrieved group without retracting the claims.

Evidence

Stung by the Lind and Heilbrun articles, Robertson and the coalition’s then director, Ralph Reed, apologized to the Jewish community and denied holding anti-Semitic views. Nonetheless, even as his book continued to circulate widely, Robertson has never explained why he employed sources such as Webster and Mullins. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 297