No One at Rolling Stone Will Be Fired For Fake UVA Rape Story
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Nothing to see here as far as the lame stream media is concerned. This is exactly how the left does business. Throw something out there to see if it sticks. Who cares if it's right or wrong as long as it furthers their agenda.
What is funny is that the same media that misreported the facts of Zimmerman, Ferguson, RFRA, and a myriad of other national stories are now calling on Rolling Stone to remove the speck from its eye.
"As the national media descended on the school to cover the misguided story, news outlets cast the fraternity house as the iconic symbol of this troubling issue," he said. "The intense and comprehensive media coverage conveyed these falsehoods to hundreds of millions of people worldwide."
Media outlets, Scipione said, are still using images of the fraternity in reporting the ongoing story.
"Clearly our fraternity and its members have been defamed, but more importantly we fear this entire episode may prompt some victims to remain in the shadows, fearful to confront their attackers," he said. "If Rolling Stone wants to play a real role in addressing this problem, it's time to get serious."
Scipione said the Charlottesville Police Department has formally cleared the Phi Kappa Psi chapter of all sexual assault allegations stemming from the article. He said the fraternity is still waiting, however, on the conclusion of the investigation into multiple incidents of vandalism that occurred at the chapter house in the wake of the article's publication.
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Media outlets, Scipione said, are still using images of the fraternity in reporting the ongoing story.
"Clearly our fraternity and its members have been defamed, but more importantly we fear this entire episode may prompt some victims to remain in the shadows, fearful to confront their attackers," he said. "If Rolling Stone wants to play a real role in addressing this problem, it's time to get serious."
Scipione said the Charlottesville Police Department has formally cleared the Phi Kappa Psi chapter of all sexual assault allegations stemming from the article. He said the fraternity is still waiting, however, on the conclusion of the investigation into multiple incidents of vandalism that occurred at the chapter house in the wake of the article's publication.
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Had the allegations been true, I would want the fraternity disbanded, its assets sold, and the proceeds distributed to the victim.
Thus, I wish the same upon RS, and the proceeds distributed to the fraternity.
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Thus, I wish the same upon RS, and the proceeds distributed to the fraternity.
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Rolling Stone has always been reckless. I don't mean that in a good way. They've done some really good reporting over the years. Matt Tiabbi's reporting on the bank bailouts was some of the only real journalism done on all that. But things like the UVA, to me, undermine a good deal of that. And, truthfully, with all the downsizing and cost-cutting in journalism over the past decade, the fact that they're holding on to this one journalist (and editors, for that matter) is inexcusable.
As someone who works in the industry, I really weep for the state of news in this country as it stands right now. RS is only a tiny, tiny part of that.
On the bright side, the news networks' viewership continues to slide. Good. Anyone who relies on CNN/Fox/MSNBC as their only source for news isn't being properly informed.
To me, right now, the Washington Post remains the top dog in this country for covering stuff that really matters. But other good work is being done. USA Today (I'm currently part of the staff that designs that monster) published today a pretty good piece of investigative journalism about how the US government has been monitoring overseas phone calls of US citizens since the early 90s.
So it's not utterly hopeless. But that doesn't mean I have a snowball's chance in hell of retiring as a newspaper designer.
As someone who works in the industry, I really weep for the state of news in this country as it stands right now. RS is only a tiny, tiny part of that.
On the bright side, the news networks' viewership continues to slide. Good. Anyone who relies on CNN/Fox/MSNBC as their only source for news isn't being properly informed.
To me, right now, the Washington Post remains the top dog in this country for covering stuff that really matters. But other good work is being done. USA Today (I'm currently part of the staff that designs that monster) published today a pretty good piece of investigative journalism about how the US government has been monitoring overseas phone calls of US citizens since the early 90s.
So it's not utterly hopeless. But that doesn't mean I have a snowball's chance in hell of retiring as a newspaper designer.
I read and follow the Wash Post primarily for that reason, they are the only (outside of a few individual people here and there) who consistently does good work across the disciplines.
Several copy editors I used to work with at the Pilot in Norfolk moved on to the WaPo. And, I've got to tell you, before I worked with them (and most of the other people on the night desk at the Pilot), I thought I was a really smart cookie. Not compared to a lot of those folks, one of whom is in the process of moving from the Post to Politico. So I can say from personal experience that the Post, at least, is in some pretty damn good hands.
The problem is the institutional bias at the rolling stone and other publications. The writer went to uva looking for this story, she asked uva for examples of campus rape culture in frats. Rolling stone didn't care what the article said because it advanced their already preconceived notions that frats are nothing but safe havens for gang rapes and other sexual assaults.
There's a difference in exhibiting bias in how you interpret events and exhibiting 'bias' by printing things that you don't know whether or not they are true.
I hope that Rolling Stone ends up being held legally responsible, because if they aren't then all they got from this incident is a lot of exposure and pageviews.
I hope that Rolling Stone ends up being held legally responsible, because if they aren't then all they got from this incident is a lot of exposure and pageviews.
There's a definite institutional problem at RS. They're way too sloppy for what they are. They're not some indie music mag publishing in a tiny San Fran office, and haven't been for a looooooong time. They even make lots of little factual musical errors (especially online) that are nowhere near as serious in the grand scheme of things, but are pretty inexcusable when you are the biggest show in town in that particular field.
I remember a few of you guys mentioning a RS reporter doing great work on the financial crisis. I never read it because it was from the RS. It might have been a good read but I didnt read it at the time because Ive never been much on their journalism.
Tiabbli is hard-hitting and pulls no punches. He is as liberal as the day is long, but he isn't sloppy, nails his facts and sources, and doesn't bullshit.
