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Originally Posted by pinksequins
I most certainly have been following The Washington Post. Kevin, put on your legal hat. I think you might be a bit more circumspect. There is a very distinct possibility that some of these misstatements were generated by the reporter rather than Jackie or that Jackie could have been encouraged to embellish her story. I would not be surprised to learn that there were misleading statements from both, but the investigations (media and external counsel) haven't yet gotten there. Therefore, other than RS gross mismanagement of its publication of the story, I am not ready to jump to conclusions about the story.
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Nor am I. CNN's Jake Tapper did a segment on this today at 4PM. The first half is accessable on a video. Unfortunately, the second part is not. The second half was an interview of the President of the Student Council, himself a fraternity man. He essentially said that neither the student body at UVA nor the fraternity men are minimizing Jackie's story, despite the descrepancies. They acknowledge that this is and has been a very serious problem on campus, which is well-known to students. Also that several fraternities there are developing protocols to make sure that their houses are the safest places on campus. Perhaps the second part of the interview will show on on The Cavalier Daily's web site.
http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/12...s-overwhelmed/