Cenk Uygur
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Will Defamation Lawsuit Bury Rolling Stone?
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November 5, 2016
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11:34Now PlayingA bogus Rolling Stone article has been ruled malicious, which could spell serious trouble for the publication. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"A jury on Friday found Rolling Stone magazine liable in a defamation suit brought by a former dean at the University of Virginia involving a discredited 2014 article about a supposed gang rape at the university.
The suit was brought by Nicole P. Eramo, a former associate dean of students at the university, who said the Rolling Stone article depicted her as the “chief villain” of the story.
The jury found liability on the part of Rolling Stone; its parent company, Wenner Media; and the author of the article, Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Lawyers for Ms. Eramo argued that Rolling Stone and Ms. Erdely were reckless in their reporting and editing and that Ms. Erdely deliberately avoided following leads that could have disproved the story.
Ms. Eramo slumped into the arms of her lawyer, Libby Locke, as the clerk read the verdicts.
The 9,000-word article, titled “A Rape on Campus,” was published in November 2014 and helped start a national conversation about sexual assaults on campuses. But details of the article relied heavily on a single source, identified only as Jackie, who said she had been the victim of a gang rape at a fraternity party.
Rolling Stone soon commissioned a review of the article by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. The school’s report, released in April 2015, found that the magazine had failed to engage in “basic, even routine journalistic practice” to verify details Jackie had told it. The magazine then retracted the story.”*
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