Rolling Stone UVA Apology - In November of 2014, Rolling Stone officially published a story entitled "A Rape on Campus." The article centered on an alleged rape incident that occurred at the University of Virginia. The victim, who had been left unnamed, retold her horrifying tale of a gang rape at the fraternity house.
The said story on Rolling Stone had launched an all-out investigation after the Washington Post uncovered a number of details claiming the rape had not taken place. After a series of interviews and investigations done by the publication itself, the managing editor, Will Dana had officially released a Rolling Stone UVA apology.
"We would like to apologize to our readers and to all of those who were damaged by our story and the ensuing fallout, including members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and UVA administrators and students. Sexual assault is a serious problem on college campuses, and it is important that rape victims feel comfortable stepping forward. It saddens us to think that their willingness to do so might be diminished by our failings," states Dana in the report released by Rolling Stone for UVA apology.
Rolling Stone's UVA apology comes after an intensive four-month investigation done by the Charlottesville, VA, police department. Officials claimed to have "exhausted all investigative leads." The conclusion to the alleged rape case is that "There is no substantive basis to support the account alleged in the Rolling Stone article."
"I think in the report, the most surprising part of it was that there seemed to be a lack of ownership on the terms of the Rolling Stone. They still talked a lot about Jackie and what she had supposedly done wrong, when in reality the article should not have been written at all," shares Alex Pinkleton, the friend of the alleged victim named Jackie. "I don't think the review can help the damage that was done to Jackie and I think it's been an unfortunate situation and something that should not have been published."
Following Rolling Stone's UVA apology, it'll take time before anyone would once again take the magazine's story for real.
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