Yeah, I saw that one, too.
The author is an idiot. WHY would they have taken her to a hospital in the first place? If she was in good enough physical health to be taken to a substance abuse center instead of a hospital, which she was, what is the author's theory as to why she was taken from the substance abuse center to the hospital if she didn't claim rape until AFTER she got to the hospital? Was she taken there for a sight-seeing tour? A band-aid, maybe? Cup of coffee? What?
Do these morons ever think about if what they write makes logical sense?
The panel, titled "Why rape allegations against men's lacrosse players became a national story on race, class and crime," answered its titled question with the presence of the Duke University student newspaper Chronicle alumni most culpable for a journalistic mess of their own making, seated at the table.
The university's OWN journalism alumni 'screwed up the story'.
---- Ashley ' 70, and the HERALD-SUN
--- Drescher ' 88, and the NEWS & OBSERVER
--- Meadows ' 95 and NEWSWEEK magazine.
The idea that they may have had a better handle on the story because they knew Duke was the first mistake.
Any unaquainted outsider would have been better able to see through the hysteria and lies being spewed forth on the campus and downtown.
Noticeably absent was Applebome ' 70, from THE NEW YORK TIMES,
or the circle of imcompetent story-telling would have been complete.
The student editor Darby, gets a pass, since she wasn' t a professional.
Where were Abrams ' 85 and MSNBC
or Feinstein ' 76 , ex-WASHINGTON POST?
Putting NPR's Stasio in as moderator guaranteed this panel was merely a public relations stunt.
** And these people STILL don't get the story. They really don't.
What this story needs is a good Criminal Reporter willing to shake the rats
up downtown and nothing else.
They can start with a trip to the Platinum.