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Rolling Stone apologises and removes UVA 'rape' story after Columbia review* Magazine failed in basic journalistic practice, review finds
* Reporter did not speak to friends quoted in 9,000-word article
* Managing editor apologises to readers and all those damaged by our story
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/05/rolling-stone-uva-rape-story-columbia-school-journalism-review
http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/
The 13,000-word report, which was released by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, evaluated the editorial process that led to the storys publication, concluding that the magazine had failed to follow basic, even routine journalistic practice.
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The Columbia report chronicled several errors, missteps and failures by the reporter, her editors and the Rolling Stone newsroom, which could have been avoided had they followed certain reporting pathways, it said.
The problem was methodology, compounded by an environment where several journalists with decades of collective experience failed to surface and debate problems about their reporting or to heed the questions they did receive from a fact-checking colleague, the report found.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)But, yes,
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)in a world of intentional right wing lies. I'm just saying.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)to further discredit the 'librul' media, don't cha know.
kcr
(15,317 posts)Countless media will blast their false outrage and call for RS's head on a platter with no shame. One outraged news outlet posted theirs right above a story sourced from The Daily Mail claiming a town will fine you 500 Euros for saying hello to George Clooney.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)bastards over at FOX, let alone anywhere else in the RW parallel press world.
That said, false rape accusations are very destructive.
kcr
(15,317 posts)It is also not an established fact that the UVA story is a false accusation.
Rolling Stone makes a significant misstep in one single article. CNN and the rest of the mainstream media starts thumping their chests with headlines about it - hypocritically.
It's a little much when you consider what Rolling Stone did in one article: Rolling Stone has withdrawn the article, admitted was erroneous and apologized. FOX News does this crap every day as a way of life, doesn't withdraw or correct the record, rarely admits it was wrong and rarely apologizes. What it does is just line up doing more of the same every day.
Rolling Stone got one way wrong. Shame on them. But if the mainstream media was truly concerned about the accuracy of information it's public is receiving, there should be a major reckoning by them to address what FOX News is doing to dumb down America for the political gain of the political party it spreads propaganda for.
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)and I can only imagine that parting with an enormous sum of cash must be a chastening experience. Being falsely accused of rape is about as close to a defamation slam dunk as you can get.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)fasttense
(17,301 posts)It is one of the best out there. This is an isolated incident for the magazine. Fox can't make the same claim.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)campaign of misinformation.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Triana
(22,666 posts)It will be used as "proof" that all/most women who cry rape are lying.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)This will be brought up from here to forever to discredit every other case out there.