'Out of touch'? Today's Doonesbury treats the UVA rape story as fact

Now, this is weird. Today’s “Doonesbury” comic strip alludes to the now discredited Rolling Stone UVA-gang rape story from November and treats it as fact:

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/549389448296026112

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/549390790464901121

It really is hard to believe that Trudeau is this “out of touch.” We’re curious as to how long ago this comic was written and why newspapers decided to run the strip today. But, sadly, Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist might have the answer. They’re going with “fake-but-accurate”:

So I guess some elements of the Left are going with the fake-but-accurate thing in UVA gang rape hoax? http://t.co/tW9Ux3I3Mz

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 29, 2014

Exactly. Maybe papers decided that although the part about UVA was questionable, Trudeau’s overall theme of institutions covering up rape was true enough.

And what can we expect next week?

https://twitter.com/jbrodkin/status/549386627483983873

Garry Trudeau of Doonesbury just picked up the November issue of Rolling Stone, and was SHOCKED at what he learned. http://t.co/NW0KqCd1Sw

— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) December 28, 2014

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/549393771138662400

Ha!

And we’ll end it with this:

@fnxTX @Popehat This Is What Doonesbury Readers Actually Believe

— St. Rev ☯️?? (@St_Rev) December 29, 2014

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Twitchy coverage of UVA-Rolling Stone