"I will always believe women about what they say about their experiences."

"Which makes it sad that everyone seems to be so invested in the moral superiority of their cause"

"I will always believe women about what they say about their experiences."

Which makes it sad that everyone seems to be so invested in the moral superiority of their cause that they have to not only attempt to refute any skeptics with pure conjecture, as Anna acknowledged that she did and apologized for, but they have to do so in a manner that tries to rub the other person's face in shit,…

Here's what she actually wrote to Rob

Rolling Stone actually has a really good history of reporting. Unless I'm confusing outlets, they did a really killer expose about McCain's military career, for example. Also, several items of religious harassment at the air force officer's academy.

"This is really, really bad. It means, of course, that when I dismissed Richard Bradley and Robby Soave's doubts about the story and called them "idiots" for picking apart Jackie's account, I was dead fucking wrong, and for that I sincerely apologize."

You know what would have been better than a tepid, "Sorry I made a mistake?" after screwing up?

What would have been BETTER is having the ethics, integrity, and professionalism needed to not be such a complete bonehead in the first place.

The SJW Progressive-Liberal-Leftist media went down a path where they became more…

Sorry, that's unfortunately not how it works. This person lied, and so the focus will be on the fact that Jezebel hitched their horse to the wrong wagon (Rolling Stone) and helped give credibility to a false accusation.

The credence isn't being given to the frat. It's being given to the extensive reporting done since the story came out by both Rolling Stone and the Washington Post that shows her story is, if not entirely false, significantly different than what actually happened.

I mean, I agree, that is likely but could you actually find the evidence you need to win the bet without resorting to not fact checking potentially compromised sources, because that's kind of the problem here...

Several of us called this story in to question for the very concern that if you mandate blindly accepting every story without any proof, you will ultimately damage the credibility of the truthful stories of assault. We were summarily called MRAs, rapists, idiots, assholes, and told us to fuck off just for asking…

It's super, super sad that a one-sentence apology for being completely, aggressively, abrasively wrong about something really important apparently deserves "kudos" for their exceptional behavior.

Why did you call them "idiots?"

Yes, Jezebel struck the right "tone" by calling him an idiot, questioning his integrity and credentials all while managing to be completely wrong.

Hey, remember that time you talked about how you were such an impressive investigative journalist with a major from Columbia, then were proven completely wrong. In the mean time, you shit all over someone's legitimate concern. If not. It is now.

Right their reasons were idiotic and illogical.

I see this whole debacle as being very indicative of large, systemic problems with Jezebel at the moment. Gawker's mercenary, single-minded focus on page views is fine— it's a gossip site first and foremost and Sam Biddle and others have been quick to remind us all of that— but I think Jezebel has a serious identity…

For all the less-than-kind replies you get to this—