I think I posted about it a few years ago, but it seems worth linking to Veronica Schanoes' novella "Burning Girls" again: https://www.tor.com/2013/06/19/burning-girls/

“Ironically,” he says, “many of the people who damaged this history are my heroes. Newman and I would have had a lot in common politically, but she’s the one who corrupted the story.”

Reminds me a little of the reporting around the murder of Kitty Genovese, much of which has since been debunked, but which did result in the creation of 911.