CNN Reliable Sources December 7, 2014 16:13:00
Welcome back. we are talking about the "rolling stone" article on rape that sent shock waves across the university of virginia but is now in dispute. i want you to imagine that you are interviewing the victim of a crime and that the victim does not want you to contact the criminals. imagine that the victim is afraid of retaliation. what would you do? in this case the "rolling stone" reporter and her editors all agreed not to contact those alleged attackers. this defies a pretty basic journalistic principle, when someone is accused of wrog dong, you make an effort to get their side of the story...
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