Let the feeding frenzy begin
The managing editor of Rolling Stone said Friday that he now believes the magazine "misplaced" its trust in Jackie, the subject of a blockbuster article on an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, due to discrepancies in her account of the incident.
Sabrina Rubin Erdely's report on Jackie's alleged, horrific gang rape in 2012 at a UVA fraternity and the university's subsequent slow response to her case had been met with heavy criticism in the past week. Media critics began to wonder why Erdely did not include a sentence in the story addressing whether and how she attempted to contact Jackie's alleged rapists.
It is hard to know where to begin.
It is why I don't like sensational reports of rape, if there is any doubt at all then journalists really need to investigate thoroughly.
If a rape did take place the victim has no chance after this mess.
Rape is always a nasty sordid event.
Rape is already appalling hard to report when you are a victim.
This type of story just makes the whole process even harder.
This just saddens me immensely.
Where to begin, where to end, sigh