Faculty Lounge Defamation Lawsuit Settled between Rolling Stone and Fraternity at University of Virginia Accuracy in Academia December 27, 2017 Rolling Stone, a magazine sued for defamation, reached a settlement with a University of Virginia fraternity on undisclosed terms.
Faculty Lounge Rolling Stone Defeated in UVA Lawsuit, Could Face $7.5 Million in Damages Spencer Irvine November 8, 2016 Down goes Rolling Stone and their reporter Sabrina Erdely: Nicole Eramo sued the magazine in 2015 over her portrayal in…
Faculty Lounge Law Professor: Virginia Fraternity could have Good Libel Case against Rolling Stone Spencer Irvine August 5, 2016 Eugene Volokh of UCLA noted how a UVA fraternity could present a good libel case against The Rolling Stone over…
Faculty Lounge Evidence Suggests ‘Jackie’ of UVA Rape Hoax Made Up Rapist’s Name Spencer Irvine May 24, 2016 Well, looks like the ‘Jackie’ saga at the University of Virginia continues to roll along.
Faculty Lounge UVa’s ‘Jackie’ Can’t Hide Records in Defamation Lawsuit Spencer Irvine January 29, 2016 Via College Fix: Jackie Coakley can’t hide her secrets any longer. The student at the heart of Rolling Stone‘s discredited gang-rape…
MLA, Perspectives Rape Narrative Over Due Process Spencer Irvine January 18, 2016 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) new punching bag is due process, as one session in their annual convention demonstrated (The…
Faculty Lounge “Jackie” in UVa Rape Hoax is Ordered by Judge to Turn Over Communications Spencer Irvine January 14, 2016 Via the College Fix: The source of Rolling Stone’s retracted story on gang rape at the University of Virginia, “Jackie,”…
Faculty Lounge White House Adviser Introduced “Jackie” to Reporter for Rolling Stone Story Spencer Irvine July 26, 2015 Campus Reform reported the following: “Rolling Stone has confirmed through court documents that Emily Renda, a White House sexual assault adviser…
Faculty Lounge Columbia University Dean: Journalists need to get Both Sides of Campus Sexual Assault Stories Spencer Irvine April 10, 2015 Uh, yes, this should be established and common sense for journalists, but we’ve seen with the Rolling Stone story about…
Guest Articles Journalistic Blindspots Exposed at Rolling Stone and Beyond Bethany Stotts April 9, 2015 Biased journalists view the world locked into paradigms dominated by their own preconceptions. Often, they and their editors select stories…
Perspectives Columbia Journalism Publishes Investigation of Rolling Stone UVa Story Spencer Irvine April 7, 2015 The bottom line? The Rolling Stone didn’t verify or fact check Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s story, her source “Jackie” and went ahead…
Faculty Lounge UVa content with the End of the Rolling Stone/Jackie Story Spencer Irvine March 25, 2015 The local police concluded there was no substantive evidence that supported the allegations of one Jackie, that fraternity members gang-raped…
