Rolling Stone awaits review of debunked Virginia gang rape story

[Yahoo! News]

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Columbia University review of a now-discredited Rolling Stone story about an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity is due out on Sunday, addressing the questions of journalistic ethics raised by the provocative article. Rolling Stone commissioned the review after backtracking on the story, "A Rape on Campus," which caused an uproar over the issue of campus sexual assault when it was published in November. The story's autopsy could lead to a shakeup at Rolling Stone, founded in 1967 by editor Jann Wenner. If the report is highly critical, it "will have an enormous impact on Rolling Stone.

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