Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart

Post by **93henfan** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:11 am

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...

Post by **kalm** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:35 am

They should stick to reporting on music.

Post by **Ivytalk** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:37 am

WashPo has had its share of phony stories too. Remember Janet Cooke?

Post by **CAA Flagship** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:48 am

kalm wrote:They should stick to reporting on music.

You believe THAT to be accurate?

Post by **HI54UNI** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:48 am

How cool will it be for the frat to own RS?

89Hen · Post by **89Hen** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:45 pm

kalm wrote:They should stick to reporting on music.

and Wall Street.

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Rolling Stone's UVA Hatchet Job Completely Falls Apart

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