Posted on 04/06/2015 8:06:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The reporter, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, and the magazine's top editor, Will Dana, say they are taking responsibility for the failures.
"These are mistakes I will not make again," Erdely said in a statement.
But Erdely will continue writing for Rolling Stone. Dana is standing by her, telling The Washington Post that "Sabrina's done great work for us over the years and we expect that to continue."
And Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is standing by both of them.
Wenner did not respond to CNN's requests for comment about his decision. But according to people with direct knowledge of his thinking, he concluded that the publication of Columbia's report was essentially punishment enough.
The report certainly is embarrassing. That's why some journalists outside Rolling Stone are perplexed by the publisher's position.
"What would Rolling Stone in its heyday write about an institution that screwed up unbelievably, damaged people's lives, but punished no one?" Politico's John Bresnahan asked on Twitter Sunday night.
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I thought failure to investigate a claim - GROSS failure - was considered evidence of intent. In other words, if they hear something juicy and do not perform a serious investigation of whether it is true, then write as if it were true, they were still on the hook.
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Only of each other...
Same with their much vaunted ‘tolerance’ - it's only for themselves. Intra-tribal... and their pet victim groups..
It's as if we were ‘tolerant’ of gun owners... and proud of it.
Eff you Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Will Dana... and shame on you for being so foolish.
Dan Rather was not fired for a long time after he lied about George Bush on behalf of the democrat party. CBS even televised a 1 hour special on how great he was. They retired him only because they wanted someone younger who could carry on lying longer for the democrats.
Ever notice that the news anchors be it on national tv or local stations stay the same for many many years even when the stations are sold off to other companies. I bet there is a rider in the contract inserted by the democrat party to leave these people alone.
“... he concluded that the publication of Columbia’s report was essentially punishment enough.”
The most fascinating issue with this statement is that punishment isn’t the issue: credibility is. And what this statement reveals is that no one at RS cares one whit about their credibility either. Of course WE all KNOW RS has no credibility, but this statement reveals that we are correct in that assessment and WHY we are correct: RS has disclosed to the world that they don’t care either.
Just like Janet Reno took responsibility for Waco and what happened to her? NADA!
Just like Janet Reno took responsibility for Waco and what happened to her? NADA!
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She was Clintons cover ... she blackmailed him into keeping her on with that far longer than he wanted to.
I wonder what would happen if someone went back through every story she wrote and did a thorough fact checking....
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