Side-by-side: At left, a picture of Nicole Eramo from the Cavalier Daily; at right, the photo illustration that appeared in Rolling Stone. (Images from lawsuit)First: A resounding November 2014 Rolling Stone article about an alleged 2012 gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity in which a student identified only as “Jackie” experiences an unfathomable trauma. Investigations by The Washington Post and other find holes in the story; Rolling Stone issues butt-covering statements and its editors cower. Fourth: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism issues a study on the Rolling Stone disaster; the magazine retracts the story. Judge Glen E. Conrad had ruled that Eramo was, for the purposes of this litigation, a limited-purpose public figure — meaning that her lawyers had to prove that Rolling Stone acted with malice in pursuing its story.

Source: Washington Post November 04, 2016 21:07 UTC