“Our journalistic reputation is shining,” Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner told the New York Times in an interview published Sunday, the day before jury members were seated in a defamation trial related to the magazine’s debunked account of a gang rape at the University of Virginia.
Come for the photo, stay for our story about Rolling Stone on the eve of a trial over its debunked UVA story https://t.co/nOrfoqsaKE
— Sydney Ember (@melbournecoal) October 17, 2016
The Times notes that, for financial reasons, “the Virginia controversy could not have come at a worse time for Wenner Media.” The timing of the interview wasn’t ideal, either, appearing as it did just after Rolling Stone had pulled down a feature tackling domestic violence and NBA players.
Rolling Stone deleted an article about the NBA & domestic violence after the NBA complained https://t.co/1k4uhLY0nE
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) October 17, 2016
The NBA reportedly did not instruct Rolling Stone to pull the article. The magazine did, however, issue two corrections to the story before deleting it altogether — not the best look for a magazine that claims its reputation for journalism is shining.
NBA didn't tell RS to delete the article. It said, "this article is inaccurate." RS issued 2 minor corrections, then deleted the article.
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) October 17, 2016
LOL remember when Rolling Stone said it didn't need to change any of its processes after the UVA story? https://t.co/fXGXPYXsOg
— Dan Drullinger (@DanDrullinger) October 17, 2016
The important thing is that Rolling Stone cares so much about domestic violence and sexual abuse that it won’t hesitate to report on it, in some cases when it didn’t even happen.
@politico @politico_media That's better than running with a BS Rape story.
— Jerry Mather (@jrmduc) October 17, 2016
were they afraid of another UVA made up rape story again?
— my name is a secret (@brianmorgan470) October 17, 2016
Rolling Stone understandably gun-shy after falling for and publishing the UVa gang rape hoax, but still this doesn't look good. https://t.co/6RrmJOsHTt
— Gary Collard (@LakerGMC) October 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/sandicast/status/788155198418087936
Rolling Stone has never been a bastion of journalism. They are what they are.
— Second Power (@2ndpwrofanarchy) October 17, 2016
Things aren’t going well for Rolling Stone at the moment. The magazine had hoped to postpone the $7.85 million defamation trial that got underway today after UVA administrator Nicole Eramo, set up as the school “bad guy” in Rolling Stone’s “A Rape on Campus” piece, appeared on ABC’s 20/20.
“It was just unbelievable to me.” – UVA Associate Dean Nicole Eramo on how she says the Rolling Stone article portrayed her. #ABC2020 pic.twitter.com/gG9uR6ygCp
— 20/20 (@ABC2020) October 15, 2016
A controversial interview with UVA dean about punishing sexual assault will be allowed in Rolling Stone trial https://t.co/2hbUZrPWjB
— Tyler Kingkade (@tylerkingkade) October 17, 2016
Maybe this is emotional, in part: but hard for me not to root for UVA dean to win millions from Rolling Stone: https://t.co/lSZ96NuyMJ.
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) October 16, 2016
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