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Earlier this evening, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism issued its report on Rolling Stone Magazine's November "A Rape on Campus" story. The report follows up on the magazine's request of Columbia to conduct an independent review of how the disastrously false 9,000-word story made it through to publication. USA Today is reporting that for all the harsh criticism the piece's author and the others at the magazine received, and despite the fact that RS has now formally and fully retracted the story, no one is losing their job or suffering any other visible consequences. In fact, the magazine considers the whole affair "an isolated and unusual episode" : - See more at: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2015/04/05/consequence-free-scathing-columbia-report-leads-no-firings-rolling-stone#sthash.T1oyvBpt.dpuf
Rolling Stone has published the Columbia Journalism Review's autopsy of the magazine's now officially retracted article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia....Now that the review has been published, here are 16 things we have learned:1. What happened to the bloodied red dress?One of the biggest questions remaining from the original RS report was whatever happened to the red dress Jackie wore the night of the alleged attack. The dress was supposed to be covered in blood and ripped due to the broken glass Jackie was allegedly raped upon, yet we never knew what happened to a such a damning piece of evidence.Jackie told Erdely that her mother had thrown it away.2. Erdely asked for corroborating evidence – but never got it"Erdely asked Jackie for introductions to friends and family. She asked for text messages to confirm parts of Jackie's account, for records from Jackie's employment at the aquatic center and for health records. She even asked to examine the bloodstained red dress Jackie said she had worn on the night she said she was attacked," CJR reported.Jackie confirmed her employment at the aquatic center and provided the name of her roommate, whom she had told about the gang rape late in 2012. Other than that, Jackie was dodgy....6. Erdely was too "busy" to locate the three friendsErdely "grew busy reporting on UVA's response to Jackie's case," according to a paraphrase from the CJR. Erdely apparently didn't think it was that important to corroborate Jackie's story with three people who were there shortly after the event took place....7. Erdely gave the fraternity no details on which to commentErdely reached out to Phi Psi to get a comment for her article. She sent a two-sentence e-mail: "I've become aware of allegations of gang rape that have been made against the UVA chapter of Phi Kappa Psi. Can you comment on those allegations?" ......16. No one is getting firedNot Erdely, not her editors, not the fact checkers.
The Rolling Stone reporter who wrote the discredited and retracted story about a brutal gang rape at a University of Virginia frat house issued a formal apology for her mistakes Sunday, but while she apologized to several groups of people — including rape victims who may now fear telling their stories — she did not apologize specifically to members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.“I want to offer my deepest apologies: to Rolling Stone’s readers, to my Rolling Stone editors and colleagues, to the UVA community, and to any victims of sexual assault who may feel fearful as a result of my article,†Sabrina Rubin Erdely wrote in a statement published by the New York Times.
The people most affected by the hit piece get shafted with no apologies...full article...http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/04/06/rolling-stone-reporters-apology-for-retracted-gang-rape-story-was-missing-a-very-important-group-of-people/
Does this mean people will finally stop taking Rolling Stone seriously?
I am still in the process of categorizing this form of rape.Mine rape.Imaginary rape.Pants on rape.Flagpole rape.Mud rape.Spaghetti rape.Any suggestions are appreciated.
