How Rolling Stone got the UVA sexual assault story so wrong

Name: How Rolling Stone got the UVA sexual assault story so wrong
Uploaded: 2015-04-06T22:55:57Z
Duration: P820S
Description: A new report scrutinizes the many layers of error uncovered in a Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. Gwen Ifill talks to Steve Coll of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about failures by the reporter and editors to verify the account. Alison Kiss of the Clery Center for Security on Campus discusses how it may affect other victims.

Clip: 04/06/2015 | 13m 40s

A new report scrutinizes the many layers of error uncovered in a Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. Gwen Ifill talks to Steve Coll of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about failures by the reporter and editors to verify the account. Alison Kiss of the Clery Center for Security on Campus discusses how it may affect other victims.

Aired: 04/06/15

Rating: NR

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