How To Handle a Story Correction

By: Alexis Sobel Fitts | CJR

Rolling Stone has been in deep water this week, as journalists eviscerate the outlet for failing to fully vet the narrative thread for “A Rape on Campus,” a November story on the University of Virginia’s culture of silence surrounding sexual assault. With the Washington Post leading the effort, various outlets have ripped apart the story as told by “Jackie,” a UVA freshman, who alleges that she was viciously assaulted and raped by several men at a frat party. The Post’s reporting has found a slew of inaccuracies within the story’s details.