Roy Green - Sat Dec 6 - Jane Kirtley

Social networking is ripping into Rolling Stone magazine for its retraction of support for a woman who gave a detailed accounting of how she was gang-raped at a University of Virginia frat party. Rolling Stone yesterday, in an apology by its editor Will Dana, focused on a long piece it published last month about "Jackie" and her claim of being gang-raped. Rolling Stone did not interview any of the men Jackie said organized and participated in the sexual assault, and because, says Rolling Stone, Jackie asked the magazine not to do so. The fallout at the University of Virginia has been huge, with police investigations and more.

The fraternity says no such attack took place, although its frat house was vandalized after the article was published by RS.

Did Rolling Stone abandon Jackie, who provided the core of their major story? Jackie's supporters on social networking say RS did exactly that. Did Rolling Stone completely foul up its own story? With sexual and other assault stories against women making headlines (Cosby and charges against Jian Ghomeshi), how badly will this Rolling Stone major story impact on women and their willingness to come forward if attacked?

Guest: Professor Jane Kirtley. Media ethics professor and lawyer, University of Minnesota.

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Social networking is ripping into Rolling Stone magazine for its retraction of support for a woman who gave a detailed accounting of how she was gang-raped at a University of Virginia frat party. Rolling Stone yesterday, in an apology by its editor Will Dana, focused on a long piece it published last month about "Jackie" and her claim of being gang-raped. Rolling Stone did not interview any of the men Jackie said organized and participated in the sexual assault, and because, says Rolling Stone, Jackie asked the magazine not to do so. The fallout at the University of Virginia has been huge, with police investigations and more.

The fraternity says no such attack took place, although its frat house was vandalized after the article was published by RS.

Did Rolling Stone abandon Jackie, who provided the core of their major story? Jackie's supporters on social networking say RS did exactly that. Did Rolling Stone completely foul up its own story? With sexual and other assault stories against women making headlines (Cosby and charges against Jian Ghomeshi), how badly will this Rolling Stone major story impact on women and their willingness to come forward if attacked?

Guest: Professor Jane Kirtley. Media ethics professor and lawyer, University of Minnesota.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.