How Rolling Stone Sacrificed Good Journalism For A Cause

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The problem with the magazine’s story was that it had been written in its author’s mind long before the bothersome task of checking facts had been carried out.

Published Apr. 6 2015 3:15PM EDT

Sabrina Erdely had been searching for a story that was emblematic of America’s campus rape crisis when, last July, she stumbled on something truly sensational: an insidious, brutal gang-rape of a young woman, “Jackie,” by nine fraternity brothers at the prestigious University of Virginia.

On November 19, the alleged victim’s horrifying,...

Lizzie Crocker

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How Rolling Stone Sacrificed Good Journalism For A Cause

The problem with the magazine’s story was that it had been written in its author’s mind long before the bothersome task of checking facts had been carried out.

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Lizzie Crocker