It Wasn't Jackie's Job To Get The Details Of Her Rape Correct. It Was Rolling Stone's.

It Wasn't Jackie's Job To Get The Details Of Her Rape Correct. It Was Rolling Stone's.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - MARCH 26: An exterior view of the University of Virginia's Madison Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia on Thursday, March 26, 2015. University of Virginia student Martese Johnson appeared for a hearing after his arrest by Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control agents on March 18. Video in which Johnson appears bloodied, went viral after his arrest. His case was continued until 2015. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - MARCH 26: An exterior view of the University of Virginia's Madison Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia on Thursday, March 26, 2015. University of Virginia student Martese Johnson appeared for a hearing after his arrest by Virginia's Alcoholic Beverage Control agents on March 18. Video in which Johnson appears bloodied, went viral after his arrest. His case was continued until 2015. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Rolling Stone just doesn’t get it. Months after the magazine published a widely-criticized article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, the details of which proved unverifiable, those responsible still refuse to take any real responsibility. Instead, editors at the magazine once again placed the blame for their errors where it so often ends up when it comes to sexual assault: on a young woman who alleges she was raped.

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