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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Related:
Twitchy coverage of UVA-Rolling Stone