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U-Va. students challenge Rolling Stone account of alleged sexual assault – The Washington Post
This is useful to us for two reasons:
1. Substantively it shows the dangers of weak reporting and editing standards. The original reporter, Erdely, said she agreed not to contact the accused. I don’t care what the accusation is, that’s journalistic malpractice. Now it appears either she didn’t contact the friend like she said she did or she was duped by an imposter or the friend is lying. The first should be a career-killer.
2 This story deftly reports the facts and allows readers to draw conclusions. The reporter doesn’t say it, but his story allows the savvy reader to recognize that it’s possible the accuser fabricated at least part of the original story to make her friend jealous and more interested in her. Might not be the case, but it’s conceivable.
U-Va. students challenge Rolling Stone account of alleged sexual assault – The Washington Post.