The discredited Rolling Stone article that alleged a horrific rape at the University of Virginia, pitching the campus into turmoil for weeks, was a “journalistic failure that was avoidable,” according to a review of the magazine’s reporting by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
The magazine article described the gang rape of a student, identified only as Jackie, during a party at a fraternity house. The article’s publication in November triggered a series of responses at UVa, including a temporary suspension of all fraternity activities and the adoption of new policies for dealing with sexual violence on the campus.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/review-calls-magazines-uva-rape-story-a-journalistic-failure/96745
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