UVA and the alleged frat rape - Rolling Stone backpedals

Did he hit one in five?

 

No, it's more like the White Sox losing a game because of poor outfield play, and then the writer ponders, "What is Michael Jordan up to nowadays?"

Jackie has a lot to do with rape culture. That, and the fight against it, is what made the environment ripe for a takeout like this. The visibility of the debate almost certainly prompted Erdely's blanket assumptions of truth, and probably contributed to Jackie's willingness to play along. Erdely certainly wanted to be the voice of the national debate, and it most assuredly was a national debate before this story was even written.

Again, one can acknowledge all of the faults in this situation, and with Jackie and Erdely, and still think rape culture is a serious problem in this country.

 

Jackie's lawyers now acknowledge what The Post laid out, a year ago, in its debunking: Jackie created a fake person "Haven Monohan" in hopes that it would make her romantic interest jealous, or long to rescue her when "something" happened.

Lawyers in Rolling Stone lawsuit acknowledge ‘Jackie’ has ties to fake persona

 

Judge Throws Out Defamation Suit Over Debunked Rolling Stone College Rape Story

 

Must read for those interested in this story:

 

That's incredible. It's shocking that people bought that story. It was clearly fake from the first paragraph. Not because gang rapes never happen. But mostly because one person after another spoke like a seventh-grader wrote a play about rape.

 

I'm not sure there's a lot new in there, but it's still fascinating what a monumental failure this was at every level.

The worst part is Erdely admitting that, if Jackie hadn't panned out, she would've just plugged another source right into the story she had already started writing.

 

If you questioned the legitimacy of the story on your first reading when it first came out based upon the lack of thoughtful and intelligent prose you would have been labeled a rape loving misogynist

 

Point of order: I believe the tell was actually that the prose was TOO thoughtful and intelligent for kids a month removed from high school.

 

I admit I bought into the story initially, but partially because I've overheard things from UVa girls watching a lacrosse game or eating at Boylen Heights that didn't make the quotes in the story feel all that outlandish.

 

Go to the start of this thread. Read the posts of PW2. He and I, uh, think alike.