Following Rolling Stone's revelation that its University of Virginia rape story likely contains errors, managing editor Will Dana owned up to the magazine's failure on Twitter. Dana made it clear the error was on the reporters and editors involved with publishing the story, not Jackie, the alleged rape victim. (Rolling Stone's official apology claims they were wrong to trust Jackie, suggesting the errors were a result of deception instead of journalistic malpractice.)
1/I can’t explain the discrepancies between Jackie’s account and the counter statements made by Phi Psi.
— Will Dana (@wdana) December 5, 2014
2/The fact that there is a story that appears in Rolling Stone in which I don’t have complete confidence is deeply unsettling to me.
— Will Dana (@wdana) December 5, 2014
3/We made a judgment – the kind of judgement reporters and editors make every day. And in this case, our judgement was wrong.
— Will Dana (@wdana) December 5, 2014
4/ We should have either not made this agreement with Jackie…
— Will Dana (@wdana) December 5, 2014
5/…or worked harder to convince her that the truth would have been better served by getting the other side of the story.
— Will Dana (@wdana) December 5, 2014
6/ That failure is on us – not on her.
— Will Dana (@wdana) December 5, 2014
