Posted on 04/05/2016 9:22:40 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 5 (UPI) -- A woman who made serious sexual assault accusations against members of a University of Virginia fraternity -- which were featured in a sweeping 2014 Rolling Stone magazine article -- will have to testify this week in a defamation lawsuit against the magazine. . . . An independent review by the Columbia School of Journalism ultimately determined that in producing the article, Rolling Stone violated "basic, even routine journalistic practice" by failing to fact-check or corroborate key portions of the woman's story before the piece was published.
Police investigators later said there was no evidence to support the woman's accusations of being gang-raped.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
I thought the court’s decision was more interesting.
“Monday, U.S. District Judge Glen E. Conrad rejected an attempt by defense attorneys to prevent the woman from being questioned in an affidavit. Her lawyers had argued that being forced to give a deposition would cause harm to the woman’s mental health.”
If I was the plaintiff, that motion would be the centerpiece of my case.
Oh hell yes, let's make this all about the poor dear's mental health! What can the state possibly do to alleviate her suffering?
I too gave up my Scientific American subscription after that leftist Rennie took over. Every issue started to fill up with sociology crap.
That is an excellent point.
+1
>>UPI, please stop pretending that you are protecting a rape victim here by not publishing her name. Jackie Coakley is not a victim. The people who were damaged by her lies are the victims.
The NY Times version of this story is similar. They ID “Jackie” (with the quotes), but of course so did the Rolling Stone story.
‘Jackie’ in Rolling Stone Rape Article Must Testify in Defamation Suit
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/business/media/jackie-in-rolling-stone-rape-article-must-testify-in-defamation-suit.html
We should not be surprised that the NY Times also continues to protect one of the perps, as you pointed out.
What we have here is mass media malpractice. All are protecting a likely perp.
AP
Deposition set for woman in retracted gang-rape story
http://news.yahoo.com/deposition-set-woman-retracted-gang-rape-story-225001411.html
NBC News
‘Jackie’ of Rolling Stone UVA Article Ordered to be Deposed in Suit
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jackie-rolling-stone-uva-article-ordered-be-deposed-suit-n551311
Reuters
Deposition ordered for woman in debunked Rolling Stone rape article
https://news.yahoo.com/deposition-ordered-woman-debunked-rolling-stone-rape-article-083732535.html
Otherwise known as "business as usual" for the propaganda corps.
But, thanks for doing the research. For your efforts, you are now permanently disqualified from employment by the MSM.
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