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Reporter about this before it became national news and she joins me from washington. where do you come down on this crucial decision requesting rolling stone" made not to contact the accusers. its a really unusual decision. i think if youre going to do it, which you shouldnt i dont think, but if youre going to do it, then you have to do two things. one, be totally transparent to your readers. >> which they were not. >> they were not. no, have a line in the story which says i made the unusual dec...

Were for net neutrality protection. now, heres some news you may find even more surprising. were comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. the "rolling stones" storied that rocked the university of virginia campus, a tale of a fraternity party rape relying on accuser by the name of jackie. it made national news. >> major american university has a lot to answer for tonight, the claims of a particularly shocking sexual assault have been made public. >> an extraordinary mo...

>> in this moment its not the past or a moment in which there are false allegations that are just popping up every day. at this moment, the fbi put that is percentage at 2% to 8%, which is less than car theft. for the most part, statistics, 98% of the allegations are going to turn out to be true. and i think that when people come forward, we should default to compassion and empathy as opposed to automatic skepticism. >> you wrote this for thewashingtonpost.com, we should believe, as a matter of ...

Jameston winston. he was never arrested following the investigation nor did he face criminal charges because a prosecutor for the state of florida found there was insufficient evidence. according to an investigative report from fox sports in october, that criminal investigation was hampered when florida state university officials and tall has zee police took steps to both hide and then hinder it. for the adjudication of his innocence and guilt, he was left in the hands of the university and the ...

Front your accuser. you are hoping that your story is conveyed the way you want it to be conveyed. loo in an inappropriate forum. theres nothing wrong with telling a news article or magazine about your story, but if you want to hold people who commit sexual assaults accountable, you have to do it in an appropriate way, and telling your story to a newspaper isnt necessarily going to make that happen. >> now two years later -- dmroo now its really become more of an issue about "rolling stone" as w...

Almost completely false. "the washington post" has an interview with the best friend of the accuser jackie who said this never happened. this flat out never happened. >> they believe that potentially something bad did happen to her, something traumatic in her life, but that this story just doesnt seem to add up and it continuously is changing. now what were learning this morning is one member of the fraternity that has come under fire in the story has hired some legal help. so heres what the att...

Quote, ultimately from where i sit in charlottesville, to let fact checking define the narrative would be a huge mistake. this is from a student journalist. she says facts arent the point, the political agenda is the point. >> theres no political agenda. even someone was assaulted or not assaulted. if they were assaulted, those who did it should be brought to justice. but for a publication not to ask the people who are being accused, not to check the story of the accuser, is incredible. >> and t...

S agree not to contact the men who were audiotape accused. and changing their policy statement from identifying the woman to say no we cant blame jackie these were our mistakes. story is not over. >> the victim said dont check with the accuser. >> her friends now say she changed her story, first she said there were five then seven. more digging before publishing charges of this magnitude. hard to understand why rolling stone didnt do that before putting this into print. >> well see you in 20 min...

>> whone of the most recent accusers -- >> i dont like that word. >> why is that? >> i am not an accuser. why am i the bad person that got raped? >> if he chooses to speak on his own and he has after an appearance and i do have a portion of what he said. he said i know people are tired of me not saying anything but a guy doesnt have to answer to inknew when does. >> people? screw you, bill. you know damn well that hes not going to take any responsibility on this and neither are his attorneys. he...

Was a particular paragraph you wrote which questioned how hard the "rolling stone" journalist had worked to get the account of the alleged perpetrators on the record. i remember your language. you said something like use a fact, send an e-mail, send a infecti fedex, use u.p.s. none of those were done. >> it turns out they didnt do the slightest bit of effort to get in touch with the accused, in deference to the accuser, to the victim. and i understand being sensitive to the victim. thats very im...