---
title: "Certguard's inflammatory post about Ethan Banks removed from Network World Magazine"
description: "Network World magazine takes action by removing Robert Williams' controversial article attacking Ethan Banks, acknowledging the inappropriate nature of singling out individuals in discussions about certification integrity."
author: "Colin McNamara"
tags: ["industry-ethics","professional-reputation","certification","media-responsibility","industry-news"]
image: "https://colinmcnamara.com/images/blog/network-world-removes-certguard-article/featured.png"
date: 2008-06-16
url: https://colinmcnamara.com/blog/network-world-removes-certguard-article
---

# Certguard's inflammatory post about Ethan Banks removed from Network World Magazine

Credit to cciepursuit for [breaking the news first](http://cciepursuit.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/network-world-retracts-article-accusing-ethan-banks-of-cheating), it looks like the editors at Network World magazine have [removed Robert Williams' attack on Ethan Banks](http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/28444) from their site.

> From the Network World editors:
>
> Network World and the authors have decided to remove this blog post and the discussion that followed. While the original post was intended to highlight how the issue of braindumps is a pervasive one, we regret having singled out anyone in particular and apologize for any accusations of cheating.

I hope that Ethan is watching the outflow of support for him, and puts his site back up soon.