Wow... WaPo claims Jackie had asked the Rolling Stone reporter not to be included in her story

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Last edited Fri Dec 5, 2014, 04:37 PM - Edit history (1)

And Erdely (the reporter) said she would be going forward with the story whether Jackie agreed or not.

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/5/7341297/rolling-stone-uva-sentence-wrong

That's a really shitty thing for Erdely to have done.

EDIT: this is sourced but not confirmed by WaPo.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

1. It's my understanding that she changed her mind

At what point, is it too late to change one's mind?

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3. Well, there's an ethical issue and a journalistic issue here

As far as the ethics goes, I'd give a lot of leeway to a victim of a sex crime (or someone claiming to be one) on whether or not I would print their story.

As far as the journalism goes, if the key narrator of the fact set you are hanging your larger "trend" piece on backs out, that should probably make you want to at least double-check her claims if you intend to go forward anyways.

[hugo_from_TN]

2. I don't believe Rolling Stone has confirmed that.

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4. True, that was what Jackie said to WaPo

If I'm reading that right. WaPo asked Erdely for comment and she was not available. (See how easy that is?...)

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

5. Well, Jackie should be worried about some lawsuits right now