Rolling Stone rape story sends shock waves -- and stretches credulity

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http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/05/media/rolling-stone-uva-rape-article-columbia-probe/index.html

Rolling Stone officially retracted the story and said sorry. But the publisher, Jann Wenner, has decided not to fire anyone on staff. He believes the missteps were unintentional, not purposefully deceitful.

How about firing someone for being spectacularly incompetent in their job?

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She didn’t corroborated the story?!

Erdely wouldn’t tell the Washington Post if she made an effort to corroborate the story with Drew, let alone the pledges. Bizarrely, she won’t even say whether she knows the rapists’ real names. She seems more eager to talk about public policy than the facts she reported.

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