Rolling Stone UVA 'Discrepancies' - Some weeks ago, a story published by Rolling Stone magazine detailing a horrid and brutal gang rape on a UVA student called most people's attention. Now, the magazine says the story contains 'discrepancies.'
On Nov. 19, the story written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely was posted on Rolling Stone. It was a lengthy one, 9,000 words approximately and it also contained a lot of incriminating information.
Against a group of seven men who ganged rape "Jackie," her actual name was not published, and against the entirety of the University of Virginia for "covering" this up and so many other rape allegations that happened in the campus.
In the story, the entire campus was depicted as a play where students studied during the day and partied wildly during the night. They had chants which basically stated that women were "easy" and men should "take advantage" of that, somehow.
In simple terms, the entire story by Rolling Stone was absolutely brutal. So, it's not entirely a surprise that it called the attention of so many people and UVA took instant measures against sexual assault in the campus afterwards.
What's surprising is that Will Dana, Rolling Stone's managing editor, took it to Rolling Stone's page to write a statement to the readers where he stated there are "discrepancies" in Jackie's story and now they can't confirm the entire veracity of the article.
"In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced," was part of the statement.
These "discrepancies" state that the date of the party in which Jackie said she was raped in was not accurate. The party, according to Jackie, happened on Sept. 28. But Phi Kappa Psi, which was the fraternity which supposedly held the party, said they didn't have any event that day.
Also, Jackie told Rolling Stone that the UVA student who raped her belonged to Phi Kappa Psi and also worked as a lifeguard. Still, the fraternity also corroborated that they had no member in 2012, the year when Jackie was raped, who worked as a lifeguard.
Moreover, once Jackie revealed the name of her main rapist, he was contacted and did work as a lifeguard, but had never met Jackie and didn't belong to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
These entire facts backfired Rolling Stone's cover on the UVA student who was "raped."
"I never asked for this. What bothers me is that so many people act like it didn't happen. It's my life. I have had to live with the fact that it happened every day for the last two years," The Washington Post noted after having a recent interview with Jackie.
On his own account, Dana took it to his Twitter account to clear doubts on the matter and share thoughts.
"We made a judgment - the kind of judgment reporters and editors make every day. And in this case, our judgment was wrong," was one of the posts after the Rolling Stone editor was criticized on not verifying the entire story.
Many doubted how it could be that the male "perpetrators" of the rape were never questioned and after this, how could anyone believe any of Rolling Stone's cover-ups?
Rolling Stone is facing a tricky day due to the UVA rape case and the "discrepancies" found in it.
