Posted November 21, 2016 5:07 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

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One upon a time, back when MTV played music videos, there was a magazine called Rolling Stone that covered the music scene. In recent years, however, the publication has devolved into a fantasy journal, and it’s fairing poorly as a result. The magazine is currently reeling from the fallout of a now-retracted article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia that simply never took place, and is in the process of being sued for in a $.75 million defamation suit by UVA Dean of Students Nicole Eramo in a case the outlet richly deserves.

The story, titled “A Rape on Campus” and written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, centered around the allegations of a UVA student identified only as “Jackie,” who recounted a vicious gang rape that she said took place at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Totaling 9,000 words, the story was met with shock and disgust nationwide. After it was published, UVA suspended all fraternities.

But the story soon unraveled as questions about Jackie’s claims mounted. Journalists and readers were stunned to learn that Erdely did not contact any of the accused rapists.

A subsequent investigation by Charlottesville police found no evidence that the rape ever happened, and Rolling …Read the Rest

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