a police evidence shows no evidence from rolling stone support open a gang rape at the university of virginia and contradicts key elements of the story. is it now clear that the magazine engageed in malpractice? is facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg trying to take over the news business by making deals with big players like the new york times and jon stewart fine army says something nice about fox. because, you know why? we think you are a wail of a network. well, sort of. i am howard kurtz and this is media buzz. whenruz when ted cruz became the first candidate to join the 2016 tweet stakes the media focus on his shortcomings such as the
budget left out any requirement for sexual assault reporting. it was wrong. nobody did the prerequisite checks that in my early days i never would have been allowed to file or write a story without those basic checks. what s happening? it s the run and gun culture. and the investigation by the police contradictsed in key details of jackie s account including the fact there was no fraternity party on the night is he shez says she was as taughted. it s over. and you would think now that their lot charlottesville has said there is no evidence washington post doing great work this will tearing apart this story, if you go to google and type in rape on campus the first thing that comes up with the rolling stone story. it s still on their website. if i got it wrong, i d get that down in a hurry.
incident consistent with the facts contained in that article occurred at the phi kappa psi fraternity house or any other fraternity house for that matter. does the rolling stone story have any shred of kred credibility left? no. the fact that we re still clinging to the idea that something happened and rolling steen stone a review is being conducted and i expect they will come out with something still somewhat forgiving on rolling stone . and what they failed to do was basic journalism 101 checks here where you just check sure, you talk to the other side, tell them you re writing the story. in fact rolling stone allowed the reporter to not even approach the alleged attackers to see what they had to say. this is a trend. if you look at other new media reporting there was a recent reporting scott the walker s
mocking story and now fox does not look so inflammatory. and the white house suddenly being mum after wanting to display him with the big press conference but the media felt very abused and used. nina easton and kathleen parker and juan williams thanks. with facebook teaming up with new york times is facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg trying to take over the news business? on the ferguson story, jon stewart goes after megyn kelly and me for being right? jack s heart attack didn t come with a warning. today, his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you ve had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before your begin an aspirin regimen.
there is a disclaimer that says we apologize for anybody who may have been affected by there story. but nothing about the charlottesville findings. that is a whole bowl of wrong. and then i don t have for go to columbia to ask the writer did you interview the accused. no. will day that orna or sean woods how did you vet this story in? we don t know. or the fact checker. what did you do some were you spell checking the fraternity name, what was going on there? so there s going to be lawsuits here and rolling stone does not have a leg to stand on here. the police found even that jackie didn t call her mother that night that she claimed they couldn t find the man she claimed to have been on a date with. and remember, rolling stone