Telegraph's coverage of toxic land issues at Ravenscraig from an official document.
Municipal Buildings bosses wanted to brand our reports regarding the contentious social housing development 'unsubstantiated' and to declare that they contained 'unfounded' allegations.
The move would also have led to the council itself publishing an untrue statement regarding concerns over the project in its five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).
But councillors have halted officials in their tracks and unanimously agreed that the 'provocative' wording must be immediately deleted from the draft strategy document.
The cross-party move by the environment and regeneration committee came after SNP member Jim McEleny voiced a strongly worded objection to what senior council officers had sought to do.