Rolling Stone publisher Jann S. Wenner said the story was a lie, but argued that it represented an isolated case, and declared that Erdely continues to work for his magazine.
Publish a fake story, with serious implications, then simply apologize! Wow!
Let's start with a slight but honest re-edit:
In writing each of these stories I must weigh my compassion agenda against my journalistic duty to find the truth.
There it is in a nutshell.
She subscribes to the broken-windows theory of journalism; the more broken windows her journalism causes, the better.
The Columbia Journalism Report is quite detailed and makes interesting reading.
They question everything and ask all the right questions.
Except
They never once question the phenomenon of organized, Federally required and Federally-funded groups of “survivors”, membership in which is attained by unsupported oral statements, and carries with it, among other things, lots of personal attention and relief from some of the less desirable aspects of highly competitive college life.
The phenomenon of being a self-declared “survivor of sexual assault” is a complete novelty, not subject to reality testing or even to dispute. There are now many examples that have made their way into the media (and, therefore, presumably many more that have not) wherein the accused male student has been acquitted in a court, or states have declined to prosecute, or even (in the Columbia University mattress girl case) where the local kangaroo court has found the male student innocent, wherein the constant slander against the accused and support for the “survivor” continue.
THAT is the real cause of the Rolling Stone contretemps. It’s a shame that the report did not even mention it.
A true apology would be an admission of responsibility (why do you think they're blaming Jackie?) and would seal their fate in the libel suits that are certain to come.
UVA is trying to thread the same needle.
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I rest my case
Forget the apology, how much are you sending to the Frat?
Pray America is waking
And then there’s this, buried at the very bottom of the AP story.
“Nonetheless, the article heightened scrutiny of campus sexual assaults amid a campaign by President Barack Obama.”
Coincidence? I think not.
” In writing each of these stories I must weigh my compassion against my journalistic duty to find the truth.”
Why doesn’t the free market provide us with a media outlet (print or broadcast) that doesn’t feel compelled to weigh other factors against reporting the facts (i.e. the truth)? One would think an outlet staffed with journalists who practiced integrity would have plenty of customers.
Since the Watergate days the media has been obsessed with cause and social agenda “investigative” reporting. It is unfortunate a few media outlets, and the journalism schools don’t use incidents such as this one, to campaign for a restoration of integrity in reporting and the separation of reporting from political and social commentary.
The integrity of Rolling Stone, if they ever had any to begin with, should be considered in the toilet by keeping this “journalist” on staff.
I’m just flabbergasted at the failure to sue…both with Lena Dunham, Rolling Stone and Rush Limbaugh’s twitter tormentors...
Another non-apology apology from a mentally-ill libtard.
And, so, they release this pillow full of feathers into the wind, and they can never get them back. Of course, they are leftists out to help all they can with the transformation of America into a hedonistic place no one will recognize in a very short time because no one gets punished for crimes like that fake story. America..She is in steep decline..and most of that can be laid right at the feet of some portion of the media.
After Wenner and this bitch are both fired, maybE a lesson will have been learned. Meanwhile, no.
How does one mistakenly just make up a story out of thin air? It wasn’t a mistake, she’s simply a liar and she’s probably been doing that for decades.