Rolling Stone has issued an apology for its November story, "A rape on campus: A brutal assault and struggle for justice at UVA," saying that the magazine didn't do enough in verifying an unidentified student's account of sexual assault.
Was Sabrina Rubin Erdely's reporting flawed? Why didn't she interview the accused? What did the fact-checking look like on that article? And, why did Rolling Stone quietly change its apology, removing the statement the magazine "misplaced" its trust in "Jackie?"
Will Dana, Rolling Stone: “A Note to our readers”
Jim Dalrymple II, BuzzFeed: “Rolling Stone quietly changes its rape story apology”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “Sabrina Rubin Erdely, woman behind Rolling Stone’s explosive U-Va. alleged rape story”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “Author of Rolling Stone article on alleged U-Va. Rape didn’t talk to accused perpetrators”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Rolling Stone’s disastrous U-Va. story: A case of real media bias”
T. Rees Shapiro, Washington Post: “U-Va. Fraternity to rebut claims of gang rape in Rolling Stone”
Allison Benedikt & Hannah Rosin, Slate: “The Missing Men: Why didn’t a Rolling Stone writer talk to the alleged perpetrators of a gang rape?”
Richard Perez-Pena & Ravi Somaiya, New York Times: “Rolling Stone re-examines its account of UVA rape”
Ralph Cipriano, Philadelphia Trial Blog: "Before Rolling Stone was conned by ‘Jackie’they fell for ‘Billy’”
Kristen Lombardi, Center for Public Integrity: “Sexual assault on campus shrouded in secrecy”
Arielle Duhaime-Ross, The Verge: “Rolling Stone just wrecked an incredible year of progress for rape victims”
Ravi Somaiya, New York Times: “Rolling Stone tries to regroup after campus rape article is disputed”
Emily Clark, The Cavalier Daily: “A letter from a friend: Jackie’s story is not a hoax”
Changes at 'The New Republic'
If you're looking for your December issue of The New Republic, well, it's not coming. That's because management has decided to cancel the edition after a mass exodus among the staff last week. Those who left did so in protest of a changing editorial vision.
Krishnadev Calamur, NPR: "Staffers resign en masse at ‘The New Republic’ amid planned changes”
Mark Sweney, The Guardian: “New Republic boss calls emergency staff meeting to quell unrest”
David Folkenflik, NPR: “New ‘New Republic’: A vertically integrated digital media company”
Lukas I. Alpert, Wall Street Journal: “’Cultural disconnect’ led to New Republic resignations”
Jonathan Chait, New York: “A eulogy for The New Republic”
Jeremy Stahl, Slate: “Mass resignations follow departure of Foer,Wieseltier”
Statement by former New Republic editors and writers
Ravi Somaiya, New York Times: “After Exodus, The New Republic cancels its next issue”
Elijah Wolfson, Newsweek: “The same day The New Republic blows up, Vice throws itself a major blowout”
Chris Hughes, Washington Post: “Crafting a sustainable New Republic”
No indictment in Garner death
Fewer than ten days after a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, a New York grand jury reached the same conclusion in the police-involved death of Eric Garner. Garner was choked to death while under arrest for selling loose cigarettes in Staten Island, N.Y. His death was captured on videotape -- which has been shown over and over again on television and online.
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Cable news outlets come out of the gate united on Eric Garner case”
Richard Prince, The Root: “Even conservative media question justice in of Eric Garner grand jury decision”
Eric Deggans, NPR: “Four lessons from the media’s conflicted coverage of race”
Alicia Mendez, Fusion: “Media coverage of Eric Garner case reveals a deeply divided country”
Joe Concha, Mediaite: “Rare consensus across cable news and country on Eric Garner”
Post-Dispatch cuts comments on opinion content
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has decided to cease online commenting on its editorials, columns and letters to the editor. The editorial board said there were too many vitriolic, uninformed and racist comments being posted to the site -- and said that after the events in Ferguson -- it was time to stop it.
The paper says it will still encourage readers to share their opinions via email, Twitter, Facebook and moderated online chats.
Editorial, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Editorial: No comments. An experiment in elevating the conversation”
Caroline Bankoff, New York: “Ferguson provides convenient excuse for newspaper to shut down comments section”
Ferguson artifacts go to Newseum
The Newseum is collecting artifacts from journalists who covered the unrest in Ferguson for its new exhibit, "Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement" set to open Friday, December 19.
David Montgomery, Washington Post: “Newseumannounces Ferguson exhibit”
Press release, Newseum: “Newseumwill put items from news coverage of Ferguson Mo., protests on display”
Royal visit: Be on your best behavior
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid a visit to New York and Washington, D.C. this week. They did some work... but had some fun along the way. But, did American reporters really need to be reminded how to dress and not to take selfies with the royal couple?
Dylan Byers, POLITICO: “Royal family relaxes media dress code”
Raf Sanchez, Telegraph: “White House to reporters: No selfies with Prince William”
