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2016 has been a banner year for "journalism." First Gawker, the web's most toxic site was found to have breached the privacy of Terry Bollea, i.e. Hulk Hogan, receiving a penalty verdict of 115 million dollars.
Now a jury has found Rolling Stone reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely guilty of libel against former University of Virginia associate dean Nicole Eramo in a wholly debunked 9,000 word clickbait article entitled "A Rape on Campus." The story involving a woman named "Jackie," who claimed a fraternity gang raped her, turned out to be a work of fiction.
@cindygallop Scary truth is, the culture of rape and impunity is hardly limited to UVA. Every school should be taking a hard look at itself.
— Sabrina Rubin Erdely (@SabrinaRErdely) November 23, 2014
"including that there was no party at the fraternity on the night she said she was attacked nor anyone matching the description of the assailant on campus."
Rolling Stone retracted the story some five months later after realizing "Jackie," the central figure in the story, made claims that held no water. But just like Gawker on Hulk Hogan, the damage was already done. Eramo filed a defamation suit as the story painted her as a monster who didn't care about campus rape reports. At heart of the defamation suit was whether Eramo could be considered a public figure. The judge hearing the case determined she could be, which makes sense considering how the story went viral.
According to The Chicago Tribune "Eramo's attorneys argued that Erdely came into the story with a preconceived storyline about institutional indifference to sexual assault and intentionally disregarded statements and facts about Eramo that didn't fit that narrative. They claimed Erdely also ignored red flags about Jackie's credibility, including the changing account of Jackie's rape and her refusal to let Erdely talk to people who could corroborate her story.
After only three days, they reached their verdict.
Rolling Stone released a statement after the verdict, apologizing to Eramo while standing by its efforts that in part read
"It is our deep hope that our failings do not deflect from the pervasive issues discussed in the piece, and that reporting on sexual assault cases ultimately results in campus policies that better protect our students. We will continue to publish stories that shine a light on the defining social, political and cultural issues of our times, and we will continue to seek the truth in every story we publish."