Rolling Stone UVA apology by the author who wrote the 9,000 word-article "A Rape on Campus," comes after an independent review of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has found what seems to be a "story of journalistic failure" of the publishing.
Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the author of the alleged story of the gang rape at the University of Virginia (UVA) fraternity house issued an apology on Sunday. While the Rolling Stone UVA apology was released, the publishing withdrawn the published article in Nov. 2014 and posted the Columbia report.
Erdely, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone made her first public apology after five months since she wrote the controversial UVA story, "The past few months, since my Rolling Stone article 'A Rape on Campus' was first called into question, have been among the most painful of my life."
As her apology continues, she addressed apologies to Rolling Stone's readers, to her Rolling Stone editors and colleagues, to the U.V.A. community, and to any victims of sexual assault who may feel fearful as a result of her article, according to ABC News.
On the three month review of the botched "A Rape on Campus," story, the Columbia report has concluded that the journalistic failure was avoidable, and that it failed "basic, even routine journalistic practice," the Guardian reported.
Even after Sunday's Rolling Stone UVA apology, Jann Wenner, a spokesperson for the publisher told CNN that Erdely will continue to write for the magazine.
The lengthy story of the alleged UVA rape victim named "Jackie" who was gang-raped by seven men at the Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia in 2012 was exposed by Erdely in her article, "A Rape on Campus," which was published in November 2014.
The published news waved rage among people especially in the Charlottesville, Virginia campus and around the nation. The university president decided to suspend all fraternity activities. It even prompted investigations around the campus but it was proven baseless, the CNN reported.
Although the article was written in November, Erdely remained silent since the time. She turned down all interview requests and has gone a low-profile since the incident. The following month, Rolling Stone UVA apology took place where it owes the fault for her fault reporting.
At the midst of Rolling Stone UVA apology, the University President Teresa A. Sullivan stated that the false story written by Erdely in November "did nothing" to combat violence. She addressed "unjust journalism" damaged the reputations of many innocent individuals and the University of Virginia.
