Oh come the fuck on. This woman is not being deemed a Jackie because “all rape accusations are fake,” she’s being deemed a Jackie because this history of this case (as Anna Merlan outlined clearly earlier this year) is shady as fuck. If this woman were to come out tomorrow, even under a pseudonym, and talked to a…

I hate to be a Skeptical Sally here, but death threats to whom and from where? This woman’s identity is still a secret. Katie Johnson is a pseudonym.

You’re going to believe these guys when they say an pseudonymous person received death threats? How did she receive them? Did her various lawyers get them at their offices and then they decided to forward them to her?

Goodness....I meant the first thing that comes to mind is the role from Veep. That’s all. Nothing more. Just an observation I typed. No beef.

Yes, at first glance his face reminds me of the guy he played on Veep. If you don’t like my phrasing, you can throw your nuts in the microwave.

It aired 14 October. Surprisingly, no one from Jez reported on it.

She apologized after she was a 100% wrong, belittling little asshat. She doesn’t get props for apologizing, just like my ten year old doesn’t get praised for apologizing after hitting his sister. It’s absurd what we are praising here.

Ah, the journalist from Columbia’s schooling has finally come to completion. Maybe next time she won’t call people idiots who are inquiring about the potential innocence of accused. Maybe next time she might even let the legal system decide guilt and innocence and not her own spidey sense based on accusations.

I know Sabrina and feel very bad for her. There’s no way she should be held responsible for what happened with that story. It wasn’t her fault her source was suffering from PTSD from being gang raped and couldn’t remember aspects of the attack. The fact is the rape culture exists at UVA and every other college campus…

She and the rest of the smug commenters will no doubt stubbornly refuse to learn anything from the episode.

Hi Anna,

The problem is that believing Jackie isn’t enough when you are going to go to print accusing people of serious crimes. Whats the phrase? “Trust but verify”? Ya that’s it. Even just a little bit of that would have prevented this whole debacle.

There was a story on one of the networks (20/20 I think) about this recently. IIRC the gist was “Jackie” had fabricated the entire thing in order to get the attention of a man who had made it clear to her that he had no interest in pursuing a relationship with her.

At least Robby Soave managed to get the story straight, which is more than Anne managed to do.

This gets me every time. The smug, condescending tone is just too rich. Life’s funny like that sometimes

I found this really interesting take on the matter when it ws unfolding, so to speak. Here, let me share it with you:

This is my first thought whenever I see an update on this story from Jez. Does it count as irony that the editors allow Anna to continue covering a story about journalistic malpractice? Not only was she flat out wrong, but argument was breathtakingly elitist.

how mad were you while typing this up? ha!

Jury Finds Rolling Stone and Reporter Liable

Why has “Jackie” not had to face any punishment for the actual fabrication of the story? Or does she just not exist and was made up by Erderly?