On Easter evening, Rolling Stone published the results of a long investigation into its blockbuster story of a gang rape on the campus of a major American university that was supposedly a fraternity initiation ritual.
The magazine fully retracts the original story, while CNN’s Brian Stelter reports that Rolling Stone’s publisher will not punish any employees involved in its publication.
Charlottesville police announced the results of their investigation into an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house in 2012. Police say they have no proof the incident occurred and note that the woman who made the accusation has refused to cooperate.
Charlottesville, Virginia police said Monday they had no evidence of the occurrence of a gang rape of a University of Virginia student that was described in detail in Rolling Stone last November.
On Monday, Charlottesville, VA Police Chief Timothy Longo said that there was “no evidence” to substantiate the alleged sexual assault at the University of Virginia described in a Rolling Stone article at a press conference regarding the police’s investigation. “A further
From his verified Twitter account, Rolling Stone senior editor Simon Vozick-Levinson lashed out at Nelson Shanks, the painter responsible for a subversive dig at former-President Bill Clinton’s honesty. In a portrait of Clinton that has hung in the National Portrait
The University of Virginia restored fraternities on campus Tuesday without apology, requiring them to undergo safety and sexual assault training and adopt strict new rules on alcohol — or face continued banishment.
Minaj told Rolling Stone she thought she “was going to die” when she found out she was pregnant while attending a prestigious performing arts school.
Just days after comedian Bill Cosby broke his silence in regards to mounting allegations of sexual assault against him, his wife, Camille Cosby, released a statement to the press. Cosby’s wife of more than 50 years reportedly defended him, and criticized
Alex Pinkleton, a University of Virginia student who is friends with “Jackie,” the source for Rolling Stone’s article about an alleged sexual assault on the university’s campus, and herself is a survivor of sexual assault who also spoke to Rolling
Washington Post reporter T. Rees Shapiro, whose reporting unearthed many discrepancies in Rolling Stone’s article about a claimed sexual assault on the University of Virginia’s campus, said that “Jackie,” the pseudonym of the alleged victim told him that “Jackie” felt
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Three friends of an alleged victim of gang rape at a University of Virginia frat house say a magazine article wrongly portrayed them as uncaring students who were more concerned about their reputations than her well-being.
James had a nasty case of The Man Flu. But because he’s a man (and a journalist) he endured. This week Toby Young joins Radio Free Delingpole to explore the report on CIA torture and interrogation techniques, and Toby reminds us that
Let me open by saying that most of the mainstream and entertainment media have handled the Lena Dunham/Barry One story quite fairly. And throughout the week, we have published as many of those pieces as possible. The examples below are notable
From Slate: The Post story doesn’t connect all the dots, but it’s not hard to do. Jackie has now given her friends two different names for the man she was with that night. Neither of them was in fact with her, ever
Apparently a search for truth isn’t enough for Vox.com education reporter Libby Nelson, who worries over the Washington Post’s “endgame” as it tracks down more facts that contradict the blockbuster university rape story published last month by Rolling Stone. After
The story of an alleged gang rape at UVA has taken an unexpected new turn, one that puts the accuser’s story in a new light. According to a report in the Washington Post,the woman known as Jackie wanted to start
Writing for Bloomberg Politics, Dave Weigel writes of how “sensitivity to rape victims might have led to flawed reporting” from the likes of Rolling Stone. He goes on to credit Breitbart News for “doing its own reporting” which in part
Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume argued that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on US interrogation techniques was comparable to Rolling Stone’s UVA sexual assault story because both made accusations without seeking comment from the accusers on Tuesday’s “Kelly
This article was originally published by jonathanturley.org There are two separate controversies this week over rape stories that have been challenged by critics. Both stories involve leading U.S. universities. Unlike the Duke Lacrosse controversy, neither school is accused of wrongdoing. Rolling Stone
In a piece published Saturday in the Washington Post, attorney Zerlina Maxwell argues that we should always err on the side of believing alleged rape victims. Unfortunately, her vision of justice would allow serious consequences to fall upon alleged perpetrators
Campus rape has been and continues to be a serious problem in this country despite some relatively good news from the Department of Justice around incidents being on the decline (down 58 percent between 1995 and 2010 – the most
Fox News Media Analyst and host of “MediaBuzz” Howard Kurtz said that Rolling Stone’s story about an alleged sexual assault on the University of Virginia’s campus “amounts to journalistic malpractice” and that he believed that part of the motive for
On Monday’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg and fellow panelist discussed the fallout from revelations that discredited a recent Rolling Stone magazine story accusing a University of Virginia fraternity of gang rape.” Goldberg’s fellow “View” panelists, Nicolle
A french magazine created controversy in Mexico by claiming to have uncovered the mass kidnapping of teenagers in a separate case that predates the September mass killing of 43 students that has thrown Mexico into chaos. France 24 recently
In response to Rolling Stone Editor Offers 2nd Apology Amid Intense Criticism: What a season of journalistic meltdowns we’ve had! From the grand jury demolition of Ferguson mythology, to the media’s bizarre obsession with the Facebook postings of an obscure
After music magazine Rolling Stone made a public apology for getting its blockbuster college gang rape story wrong, the media critic of The Washington Post said that the UVA hoax revealed a major case of media bias. On Friday, November
Rolling Stone managing editor Will Dana offered a series of tweets Friday afternoon which seem to offer a more abject apology for the magazines failure to check the facts in a widely read story about an alleged gang-rape at UVA.
Fox News Channel Media Analyst and “MediaBuzz” host Howard Kurtz said that Rolling Stone “brushed away” important questions about and “stubbornly stood by” its story on a rape on the University of Virginia’s campus on Friday’s “Happening Now.” After hearing
The managing editor of Rolling Stone, Will Dana, issued a statement on Friday apologizing to readers and suggested that many of the claims in their blockbuster story on gang rape at the University of Virginia were inaccurate. The story in question,
Anyone who reads my list of favorite records knows I’m an old punk who over the years has drifted into psychedelic and acid rock, and there is no turning back for me. To me, all music should be psychedelic: if
As Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution enters its third month, musicians Peter Gabriel, Pussy Riot, and Iron & Wine have now joined pro-democracy demonstrators in demanding greater electoral reforms for the region. The artists have lifted umbrellas in unison with protestors
There is no denying that Jennifer Lawrence is an entertainment force with which to be reckoned, but there may be more than meets the eye. Recently, one of Jennifer Lawrence’s Hunger Games costars suggested that Lawrence has a few Christ-like attributes. “When
The University of Virginia has suspended all fraternities after allegations of rape were published by music magazine Rolling Stone. University President Teresa A. Sullivan released a public letter announcing that the suspension of the school’s fraternal organizations will last until
CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — Mass murderer Charles Manson has gotten a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who visits him in prison. The Kings County marriage license, viewed Monday by The Associated Press, was issued Nov. 7 for the 80-year-old
Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty issued a statement in defense of his fellow musician Bruce Springsteen’s decision to perform his anti-war anthem “Fortunate Son” for U.S. military members at the Valor Concert earlier this week. In a written statement,
It’s been a bad week for music streaming service Spotify. Just days after Taylor Swift’s record label pulled the singer’s entire music catalog off of the streaming service, at least two other artists are following her lead. According to Rolling
A group of over 50 musicians, actors, celebrities, and other public figures signed a statement in support of whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks and notorious NSA contractor Edward Snowden this week. According to Rolling Stone, the signatories include musicians Moby, M.I.A., P.J.
If you didn’t didn’t believe the reports that NBC News was ready to back up a Brinks truck in order to convince the “Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart to assume the hosting duties at “Meet the Press,” Stewart himself confirmed the
Kenny G, the poodle-haired smooth jazz saxophonist, has seriously jeopardized his status as the most popular closing act no one in China has heard of by joining in democracy protests in Hong Kong. Up until today, Kenny G was almost
