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Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:11 am
by 93henfan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle ... 12c1cd8d1e
Journalists are paid to be skeptical and to distinguish facts from assertions: Don’t get too close to your sources and check what they tell you.
Rolling Stone magazine, it appears, ignored both principles in its explosive story, “A Rape on Campus.”
The 9,000-word article about Jackie, a University of Virginia freshman who alleged a frat-house gang rape, was apparently fraught from the beginning with gaps in basic reporting...
Re: Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:35 am
by kalm
They should stick to reporting on music.
Re: Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:37 am
by Ivytalk
WashPo has had its share of phony stories too. Remember Janet Cooke?
Re: Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:48 am
by CAA Flagship
kalm wrote:They should stick to reporting on music.
You believe THAT to be accurate?
Re: Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:48 am
by HI54UNI
How cool will it be for the frat to own RS?
Re: Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:45 pm
by 89Hen
kalm wrote:They should stick to reporting on music.
and Wall Street.