Rolling Stone Retracts Article on Rape at University of Virginia

[DrLeftover]

5 April

Rolling Stone magazine retracted its article about a brutal gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity after the release of a report on Sunday that concluded the widely discredited piece was the result of failures at every stage of the process.

The report, published by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and commissioned by Rolling Stone, said the magazine failed to engage in “basic, even routine journalistic practice” to verify details of the ordeal that the magazine’s source, identified only as Jackie, described to the article’s author, Sabrina Rubin Erdely.

On Sunday, Ms. Erdely, in her first extensive comments since the article was cast into doubt, apologized to Rolling Stone’s readers, her colleagues and “any victims of sexual assault who may feel fearful as a result of my article.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/b...rticle-on-rape-at-university-of-virginia.html

 

[Webster]

*scratches head in thought* Wonder if anything's going to happen to whoever wrote the Rolling Stone article....or will they sweep it under the rug?

 

[DrLeftover]

She's a "pro-Feminist" journalist.

Think about it.

 

[Webster]

She's a "pro-Feminist" journalist.

Think about it.

In this litigious society, Doc?

 

[DrLeftover]

The local fraternity, and quite possibly the "Greek Counsel" at UVA is considering their legal options.

But given the nature of the beast, they may get some "shut up money" from the magazine, but that's it.

 

[Webster]

The local fraternity, and quite possibly the "Greek Counsel" at UVA is considering their legal options.

But given the nature of the beast, they may get some "shut up money" from the magazine, but that's it.

Something of this nature....I could be wrong, Doc, but I don't see a settlement here. You had a fraternity that was ruined, a university that essentially covered for Rolling Stone, a magazine that lied in everything but name...no, there's a lawsuit here and odds are it won't look pretty for anyone involved.