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"I'm almost tempted to return to TWW to discuss this bullshit 'rape culture'....almost."

a post about not posting... nice.

12/12/2014 8:38:03 PM

You got the joke!

12/12/2014 8:40:39 PM

I think, when some ladies talk about "rape culture," they're not talking about some huge surge in rapes. They're just suggesting that our current culture and past culture have always been in favor of dudes doing what they want with their wieners first and foremost.

12/12/2014 10:01:38 PM

mmm weiners

12/12/2014 11:19:03 PM

It's just shitty timing because the theme of my Christmas party is "Grab its motherfucking leg" and the invitations went out the week before this happened.

12/14/2014 2:59:44 PM

LOL

[Edited on December 14, 2014 at 8:41 PM. Reason : To be clear, I will attend.]

12/14/2014 8:24:25 PM

in all my years on this board, [user]mrjoshua[/user] has been the one who continues to deliver the most.

12/15/2014 10:42:42 AM

http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/19/more-bad-news-for-rolling-stone-jackie-u

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/19/rolling-stone-uva-emails_n_6358034.html

Huh, so it turns out that yeah, she made up pretty much everything, including the name of her date. It's pretty clear at this point that she fabricated the whole thing in an effort to win the affection of a guy who was ignoring her.

Also, one has to hope that Erdely is out of a job and sued for everything she owns in the very near future. I've pointed this out already, but I'd say there's a good chance that several of her past "investigateive reporting" stories are complete bullshit as well. Like it turns out this one was:

http://www.bigtrial.net/2014/12/before-rolling-stone-was-conned-by.html

Oh, also this. This is from the "so ironic you couldn't make it up" files:

http://thefederalist.com/2014/12/12/sabrina-erdely-was-once-disciplined-by-stephen-glass-for-fabrication/

12/19/2014 11:37:33 PM

Rolling Stone retracts the story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/business/media/rolling-stone-retracts-article-on-rape-at-university-of-virginia.html

Thankfully nobody will be fired.

4/6/2015 6:04:31 AM

4/6/2015 7:11:10 AM

can't wait for the lawsuits on this one

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4/6/2015 7:44:37 AM

ask and ye shall receive

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/06/uva-fraternity-to-pursue-legal-action-against-rolling-stone-over-discredited-campus-rape-story

4/6/2015 2:30:52 PM

That lawsuit won't go far once rolling stone starts publishing real stories of rape.

4/6/2015 2:31:41 PM

which won't happen if they continue on their current course of journalism.

4/6/2015 5:50:30 PM

I am very traumatized by this whole experience. I fear I may be forced to shy away from print media powerhouses like Rolling Stone and get my news from inferior sources such as the Internet and news outlets.



Seriously RS is so very gracious for letting a snooty Ivy League journalism dept call the magaZine the piece of shit that it is
They should all have a jerk fest and lattes at an MSNBC round-table discussion while they self-congratulate for maintaining such integrity in wake of this utter failure.

Sabrina Turdley for president

Rolling Stone has effectuated bad things recently on the following:
Colleges, rape victims, men, the military, General McChrystal

4/7/2015 9:16:59 PM

glad to see they're also suing the author in addition to the magazine, although compared to the associate dean they're not suing for a whole lot (she's asking for $7.5 million, the frat guys are suing for $225k each)

also, Rolling Stone's managing editor has resigned per the New York Times

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33714479

Quote :

"Rolling Stone to face false campus rape article lawsuit Three members of a University of Virginia fraternity profiled in a debunked Rolling Stone article about gang rape are suing the magazine. A lawyer for George Elias IV, Ross Fowler and Stephen Hadford said the men had suffered "vicious and hurtful" attacks because of the false piece. The graduates filed a defamation suit in New York on Wednesday. Sabrina Rubin Erdely's 2014 article was widely shared online, and the author is also being sued by the claimants. The lawsuit states that the three men, who had been members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity before graduating in 2013, were identified by people who knew them because of details provided in the now-debunked piece. Rolling Stone apologised in December for what it called "discrepancies" in Rubin Erdely's story, entitled "A Rape on Campus", which was published the previous month. News of the lawsuit came as the New York Times reported that the magazine's managing editor, Will Dana - who helped to edit the original article and published an apology online after the story had unravelled - had resigned and would leave Rolling Stone in August. A spokeswoman for the magazine's publisher, Jann Wenner, which is also being sued by the three men, said "many factors go into a decision like this" when asked if Dana's resignation was connected to the now-retracted piece. 'Devastating effect' The lawsuit states that, "upon release of the article, family friends, acquaintances, co-workers and reporters easily matched (George Elias IV) as one of the alleged attackers and, among other things, interrogated him, humiliated him, and scolded him". The men are suing on three counts, including defamation and negligent infliction of emotional distress, and all are seeking at least $75,000 (£48,000) for each count. A lawyer for the plaintiffs said the false claims made in the story "had a devastating effect" on their reputations. Alan L Frank said the men had been named online by anonymous users after the article came out, and that their "names will forever be associated with the alleged gang rape". The story centred around the testimony of an unnamed female student referred to as "Jackie", who claimed to have been gang raped at a party held at the fraternity's house. Following its publication, protests were held outside the Phi Kappa Psi house, and the three men behind the lawsuit say the fallout prevented them from focusing on their studies. An investigation by the Charlottesville Police Department found no evidence that Jackie had been gang raped. Rolling Stone commissioned a report from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism earlier this year, which found numerous flaws at every level of the magazine's editing process. An associate dean from the University of Virginia, Nicole Eramo, separately sued the magazine for more than $7.5m (£4.8m) earlier this year, saying the story had cast her as the "chief villain". The piece claimed Eramo had tried to persuade Jackie not to report the alleged rape."

7/30/2015 9:10:30 AM

What If Bears Killed One In Five People?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNVFPkmZTQ4

Awesome, love it!

11/6/2015 8:09:32 PM