Rolling Stone is now a laughingstock among serious people. Their goal is to advance their own politics, and so they are blind to the possibility that they are lied to when the story aligns with their view of the world.
They got played, and not by “evil conservatives” but by people who share their own views and used their own tactics.
To Rolling Stone: Go home, sit in silence, pray to discover whether you have any morals at all. If you think you have received an answer in the affirmative, emerge with humility and ask forgiveness.
We know the reasons you did this. We don’t think you know them yet, or at least are unwilling to face the truth of it.
At this point....the university and the frats have a case to sue Rolling Stone in court. We aren’t talking a lousy couple of million...this could go into the fifty million range.
I’d say that Rolling Stone is now on marginal survival ground. Even admitting this in public....they’ve set the stage for dissolving the magazine. I’d give them between two and four years left. Figure court action, an appeal process, and then empty out the remaining funds that they have. Lousy way to go but they deserve it.