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Jury finds Rolling Stone UVA Rape article Defamatory
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:39 pm
Sabrina Erdely and Rolling Stone deserve every penny of damages against them.
Washington Post
Washington Post
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CHARLOTTESVILLE — A federal court jury decided Friday that a Rolling Stone journalist defamed a former University of Virginia associate dean in a 2014 magazine article about sexual assault on campus that included a debunked account of a fraternity gang rape.
The 10 member jury concluded that the Rolling Stone reporter, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, was responsible for defamation, with actual malice, in the case brought by Nicole Eramo, a U-Va. administrator who oversaw sexual violence cases at the time of the article’s publication. The jury also found the magazine and its publisher responsible for defaming Eramo.
The $7.5 million lawsuit centered on Erdely’s 9,000-word article titled “A Rape on Campus.” The article appeared online in late Nov. 2014 and on newsstands in the magazine’s December 2014 issue.
The story opened with a graphic depiction of a fraternity gang rape that went viral online and sent shock waves across the U-Va. campus community. But within days of the article’s publication, key elements of the account fell apart under scrutiny. The magazine eventually retracted the story in April 2015.
Eramo’s lawsuit came a month later, alleging that the magazine’s portrayal of her as callous and dismissive of rape reports on campus was untrue and unfair.
The jurors reached a verdict Friday after deliberating across three days.
In a statement after the verdict, Rolling Stone said that the magazine has for nearly 50 years aimed to produce journalism “with the highest reporting and ethical standards, and with a humanistic point of view,” noting that Erdely’s story attempted “to tackle the very serious and complex topic of sexual assault on college campuses.”
“In our desire to present this complicated issue from the perspective of a survivor, we overlooked reporting paths and made journalistic mistakes that we are committed to never making again,” Rolling Stone said in the statement. “We deeply regret these missteps and sincerely apologize to anyone hurt by them, including Ms. Eramo. It is our deep hope that our failings do not deflect from the pervasive issues discussed in the piece, and that reporting on sexual assault cases ultimately results in campus policies that better protect our students.”
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:45 pm to NYNolaguy1
Upvote. Surprised it was only 7.5M
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:48 pm to idlewatcher
Isn't the frat or some of the brothers also suing separately?
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:50 pm to PuntBamaPunt
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Isn't the frat or some of the brothers also suing separately?
suit by the individuals was dismissed
trial for the suit by the frat not in progress yet
last paragraph of the CNN story
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:51 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Eramo’s lawsuit came a month later, alleging that the magazine’s portrayal of her as callous and dismissive of rape reports on campus was untrue and unfair.
Good. The kind of people who would write these stories are the kind of people who have absolutely no qualms about ruining an innocent person's life as long as they can advance their agenda.
A great day for the Army of Reason in the war against the SJWs.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:52 pm to idlewatcher
Keep in mind this was only the lawsuit against her, not the fraternity or the university as a whole.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:54 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Jury finds Rolling Stone UVA Rape article Defamatory
Good. Me too.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:54 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Rolling Stone said that the magazine has for nearly 50 years aimed to produce journalism “with the highest reporting and ethical standards, and with a humanistic point of view,
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:58 pm to NYNolaguy1
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It is our deep hope that our failings do not deflect from the pervasive issues discussed in the piece, and that reporting on sexual assault cases ultimately results in campus policies that better protect our students.
I hate shite like this.
"Yeah the story was a lie, but we hope it raises awareness!"
Posted on 11/4/16 at 2:00 pm to NYNolaguy1
I wouldn't even wipe my arse with that piece of shite magazine
Posted on 11/4/16 at 2:02 pm to NYNolaguy1
I only wish it wold have been 75 million to bankrupt that fricking rag like Gawker.
Posted on 11/4/16 at 2:13 pm to NYNolaguy1
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“In our desire to present this complicated issue from the perspective of a survivor, we overlooked reporting paths and made journalistic mistakes that we are committed to never making again,” Rolling Stone said in the statement. “We deeply regret these missteps and sincerely apologize to anyone hurt by them, including Ms. Eramo. It is our deep hope that our failings do not deflect from the pervasive issues discussed in the piece, and that reporting on sexual assault cases ultimately results in campus policies that better protect our students.”
A very elaborate way of saying "Sorry not sorry."
Posted on 11/4/16 at 2:48 pm to NYNolaguy1
Boom.i hope the fraternity wins their suit too, but they have a more difficult road ahead, being evil white males and all.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 11/4/16 at 2:51 pm to REG861
What's interesting here is that the jury found statements made by Erdely in the article defamatory, in addition to statements she made to NPR's Brian Lehrer in an interview she did with him.
I am curious what NPR has to say about this.
I am curious what NPR has to say about this.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 2:53 pm
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