<p>Yesterday the Rolling Stone published the results of its investigation of the flaws in its article &#8216;A Rape on Campus,&#8217;  ;a story published last November about an alleged gang rape on the campus of the University of Virgina.  ;Because of the national controversy, Rolling Stone requested that Steve Colle from the Columbia School of Journalism investigate the story to see how the flaws came about.</p>
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<div>The alleged victim under the pseudonym &#8220;Jackie&#8221; provided a horrifying account of the incident describing but not identifying the &#8220;lifeguard&#8221; as one who coached seven others during the rape.  ; Jackie, however, refused to identify the lifeguard, saying she was afraid.  ; Writers from the Rolling Stone were unable to verify the identity or even the existence of the lifeguard.</div>
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<div>The story had far reaching consequences on the UVA campus including severe punishments for fraternities there.  ;Rolling Stones <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-what-went-wrong-20150405">article</a> yesterday admitted wrong doing &#8220;As we asked ourselves how we could have gotten the story wrong&#8230;&#8221;  ;Apparently Rolling Stone management was kept in the dark about the flaws in the story.  ;No word on any consequences for the authors of the story.</div>
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<div>In our opinion, while Rolling Stone certainly deserves credit for investigating themselves (under a certain amount of pressure), the integrity of the publication must be called into question.  ; ;</div>
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<div>The controversy and sloppiness of this story may have allowed guilty men to go free, or, much worse inflicted severe and life threatening punishment on innocent ones.</div>
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