(you're free to reject that figure if you wish, but keep in mind that it's generally accepted by people who study this stuff seriously

(you're free to reject that figure if you wish, but keep in mind that it's generally accepted by people who study this stuff seriously

How are you purporting that victims who don't tell the police but are somehow *still* making it up harming those poor innocent menz?

Something to keep in mind. Approximately two percent of rape allegations made to police are false, according to various studies, including those cited by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Well, if you read the reporting in the WaPo you'll probably see that rather significant portions of both the Rolling Stone story and the account she is currently sticking to seem invented out of whole cloth.

So, after a little digging, it's the "campus Republican" detail that specifically ties Barry One to Lena's book. The other details appear to be unverifiable.

No, they found a person matching her description, it's just that he isn't the rapist according to Lena.

She described him as a campus Conservative, mentioned he worked at the library, named his radio show, said he had a mustache, called him a poor loser at poker. That's a fairly specific portrait of a person. Also, elsewhere in the book she specifically mentions that a name has been changed, but doesn't do so in the…

Oughtn't you mention that there were numerous details mentioned in Lena's books that matched the Barry in question? She described him as a campus Conservative, mentioned he worked at the library, named his radio show, said he had a mustache, called him a poor loser at poker. That's a fairly specific portrait of a…

It is beyond infuriating when people are so invested in a cause that they feel getting accurate information is somehow a disservice if it doesn't line up 100% with what they believe.

Your approach to being fine with punishing anything and everything frat "just because" is absurd.

The internet makes everything worse because it reduces other people to words on a screen.

This story needs so much fucking more coverage than it's getting. But how many times can you repeat, "Fucking nobody's doing anything. Nobody gives a fuck. They're still missing. They're still dead. Canada's government is still fucking horrifying."

I love how perfectly acceptable posts sit in the grey forever (provided Kinja doesn't eat them), but dead animals seem to catapult immediately into the black and sit there for hours.

(And, frankly, it could have been avoided, had Erdely been clearer in her disclosures about what she'd done to reach Jackie's alleged attackers

Because people on campus have figured out who they are? Because there's been aspersions cast on anyone belonging to the frat now? Just a guess.

It's also still true that this revelation is going to make it far more difficult in the future for reports to be taken seriously.

Perhaps Mr. Soave is available?

-Snicker-

Shouldn't all journalists be skeptics?