Breaking: Rolling Stone Walks Back UVA Rape Story

We noted here Tuesday the problems with the Rolling Stone story on the alleged UVA rape case.  Holy cow—take in this from Rolling Stone today:

In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie’s account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced. We were trying to be sensitive to the unfair shame and humiliation many women feel after a sexual assault and now regret the decision to not contact the alleged assaulters to get their account. We are taking this seriously and apologize to anyone who was affected by the story.  (Emphasis added.)

Will Dana

Managing Editor

And in a separate update: The collapse of The New Republic also accelerated today:

The majority of The New Republic’s masthead resigned en masse on Friday following the owner’s decision to force out the editorial leadership, move the magazine to New York, and rebrand the venerable, century-old publication as a “digital media company.”

Nine of the magazine’s twelve senior editors submitted letters of resignation to owner Chris Hughes and chief executive Guy Vidra, as did two executive editors, the digital media editor, the legislative affairs editor, and two arts editors. At least twenty of the magazine’s contributing editors also requested that their names be removed from the magazine’s masthead.

I’m sure Chris Hughes can snap up some Rolling Stone writers.  They seem more his style anyway.

 

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