{"id":16618,"date":"2014-12-06T16:08:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T21:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16618"},"modified":"2022-08-28T16:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:57:26","slug":"rolling-stone-gathered-no-moss-in-retracting-rape-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16618","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stone gathered no moss in retracting rape story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. Last month, a story in Rolling Stone magazine exploded across the nation. In the story, written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, a woman known as \u201cJackie\u201d accused a University of Virginia fraternity of gang raping her.<\/p>\n

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Almost immediately, all fraternities on campus were suspended, and calls for new federal laws were made on the floor of congress. There seems to have been one small problem. It looks like the whole thing was made up, and that the alleged attack never happened.<\/p>\n

\"something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What does appear to have happened was nothing less then a lynching of the fraternity by Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Rolling Stone magazine. Several reporters started looking into the story and right away saw a few things that were not quite kosher. One of the problems was neither the writer nor Rolling Stone made any attempt to contact the fraternity in the story. Then the Washington Post<\/a> started digging into it and the whole thing fell apart. According to the Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The U-Va. fraternity where the attack was alleged to have occurred has said it has been working with police and has concluded that the allegations are untrue. Among other things, the fraternity said there was no event at the house the night the attack was alleged to have happened. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are more details on the Washington Post\u2019s investigation and I strongly recommend that you read it. When the Post\u2019s story came out, and basically blew up the Rolling Stone article, Rolling Stone was forced to issue a retraction<\/a>. The retraction listed a number of problems with the original story, and frankly indicates either utter incompetence on the management and editorial staff of Rolling Stone, or a willful blindness to the gaping holes in the story due to their desire to destroy a fraternity. Here are a few key sections from the Rolling Stone\u2019s \u201cNote to our Readers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because of the sensitive nature of Jackie’s story, we decided to honor her request not to contact the man she claimed orchestrated the attack on her nor any of the men she claimed participated in the attack for fear of retaliation against her.<\/b><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They didn\u2019t try to reach the \u201caccused\u201d and at least give them a chance at a rebuttal? Where the Hell were the Rolling Stones lawyers? This woman had just made an accusation, that if it had been true, should have gotten a number of people arrested and deservedly so.<\/p>\n

In the months Erdely spent reporting the story, Jackie neither said nor did anything that made Erdely, or <\/b><\/i>Rolling Stone<\/b><\/i><\/em>‘s editors and fact-checkers, question Jackie’s credibility. <\/b><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What were these \u201cFact-Checkers doing? Vacationing in Rio or something?<\/p>\n

We reached out to both the local branch and the national leadership of the fraternity where Jackie said she was attacked. They responded that they couldn’t confirm or deny her story but had concerns about the evidence.<\/b><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course they had concerns about the evidence for a simple reason. There was none.<\/p>\n

In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie’s account, <\/b><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, ya think? Dumbass.<\/p>\n

and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced.<\/b><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Epic_Facepalm_by_RJTH\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, how about that so called journalist who wrote this hit piece? Weren\u2019t you the least bit concerned that she hadn\u2019t done the normal due diligence expected of a \u201cjournalist\u201d when they write about someone who was the victim of a horrendous crime? No, instead you saw a chance to tear down a university and it\u2019s fraternities that might not be as \u201cProgressive\u201d as you want them to be.<\/p>\n

\"mainstream_media\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You learned NOTHING from what happened to the Duke University men who were also accused of rape, only to find out the whole thing was a false accusation and that the DA wanted to railroad three innocent men into prison for a crime that never happened. And what are you doing about this mess?<\/p>\n

We are taking this seriously and apologize to anyone who was affected by the story. <\/b><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"recovering<\/a><\/p>\n

If these people that were accused of this vicious crime are in any way harmed by your bogus story, that apology isn\u2019t going to cut it. I can see any number of lawyers just salivating at suing you into oblivion.<\/p>\n

Rape is a horrible, evil crime, and I have no problem staking out the perpetrators on an ant hill, filled with fire ants, and smothering them with honey, then castrating them and hanging them up on a cross until they die a slow and hideous death. On the other hand, as far as I\u2019m concerned, any woman who makes a false accusation like this should be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law and thrown so far into jail they need to FedEx the light in. These lying cows do tremendous harm to those women who have been attacked and they need to be shut down hard and crushed like the insect they are.<\/p>\n

As for the writer, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, she should be banned from any publication with an iota of integrity. In my opinion, the only thing that Sabrina Rubin Erdely should be saying from now on is \u201cWould you like fries with your order?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thatisall<\/p>\n

~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

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The University of Virginia phony rape scandal and the real …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Buck Sexton writes: \u201cThe Left has gone mad over the Rolling Stone retraction. I don’t mean it’s angry and self-righteous- that’s always the case. I don’t mean its arguments are weak, self-contradictory, unprincipled- I expect that too. This is …<\/div>\n
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The Angry Dad: UVa rape story is a hoax<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Several key aspects of the account of a gang rape offered by a University of Virginia student in Rolling Stone magazine have been cast into doubt, including the date of the alleged attack and details about an alleged attacker, according to interviews and a statement from the magazine backing away from the article. The U-Va. fraternity chapter where the alleged attack on a … This is not quite a retraction or an apology, but a good start. Maybe now they should print Jackie’s full name and …<\/div>\n
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By Curtis Houck When the now-retracted article by the Rolling Stone magazine was published on November 19 about a brutal gang rape of a first-year student at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia (UVA), the major …<\/div>\n
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Why The Shock About Rolling Stone’s Rape Story Retraction?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Er1k Wemple of the Wapo said it best earlier this week:For the sake of Rolling Stone’s reputation, Sabrina Rubin Erdely had better be the country’s greatest judge of character. It appears that Ms Erdely wasn’t the best judge of character.<\/div>\n
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Feminist blogger ’emphatically’ defends lying about rape Go …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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There Is No “Right” Rape Story – Updates News<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
It doesn’t matter why Jackie, the subject of Rolling Stone’s article about UVA and sexual assault, later retracted her statements. And the aim of this article is not to justify or analyze her hesitation. What I’m saying is this: By publishing an article …<\/div>\n
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Voices Inside My Head: Rolling Stone rolls over on their story<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
For those of you who haven’t heard the news, Rolling Stone printed an article last month claiming that a woman was brutally gang raped at a fraternity at the University of Virginia. There was … Today Rolling Stone printed a retraction on-line.<\/div>\n
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Rolling Stone backpedals on campus gang rape story<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
WASHINGTON DC, USA \u2013 Rolling Stone all but retracted a story about a gang rape at a major US university Friday December 5, saying it was wrong to have trusted without question the alleged victim’s version of what happened.<\/div>\n
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Feminists Are In Full Mouth-Foaming Meltdown Over Rolling …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Feminists are freaking out today after Rolling Stone magazine apologized \u2026 … Read more on this related topic- Feminists Are In Full Mouth-Foaming Meltdown Over Rolling Stone Gang-Rape Retraction. On The Cover Of A Rolling Stone …<\/div>\n
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Twitter Activists Can’t Accept Rolling Stone Rape Retraction<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
After several weeks of growing criticism of a story alleging that seven members of a University of Virginia fraternity gang raped a student, Rolling Stone has issued a partial retraction, admitting it \u201cmisplaced\u201d trust in the student’s allegations.<\/div>\n
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Feminists Are In Full Mouth-Foaming Meltdown Over Rolling …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
… corroborated by other outlets? Or a murder? \u2014 Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) December 2, 2014. Now that the Rolling Stone has retracted the story, no apologies are forthcoming from bitter angry feminists who have to protect the rape narrative: …<\/div>\n
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UVA Rape Story Retracted; and Three Other Fake News …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
After pro-truth journalists and others began to raise legitimate questions surrounding a highly irresponsible Rolling Stones article that described an alleged university gang-rape in jarring detail, the story began to unravel. The fake assault …<\/div>\n
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Rolling Stone: Our gang-rape story was WRONG so um …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Rolling Stone is now retracting an article it had written about a girl who claimed to be gang-raped on UVA’s campus. According to Fox News, Rolling Stone how now uncovered information that discredits its own article after the initial article …<\/div>\n
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