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The dubious qualifications of T. Rees Shapiro for reporting about rape at elite, Virginia universities or anywhere else

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June 17, 2017 His father, Leonard Shapiro, was a sportswriter at The Washington Post. He graduated from an elite, all-boys, private high school in Virginia. He attended Virginia Tech. Unlike Sabrina Erdely, the reporter whose career he and his misogynist, male colleagues at the Washington Post and everyone else who has regurgitated what they have said have sought to ruin, he has no credible experience investigating crime.   That's a picture of part of a Washington Post article from June 13, 2017, called "Fraternity chapter at U-Va. to settle suit against Rolling Stone for $1.65 million." This is another picture of part of the Washington Post article: Mr. Shapiro conflated text messages between Jackie and "Randall" from the night that she was raped. He misreported the times at which several of the text messages were sent and neither he nor the Post ever took responsibility for it.  During the trial for Ms. Eramo's lawsuit, he misleadingly reported about Jacki

A large percentage of the American media has promoted sexual assault since 2010.

June 17, 2017 I don't choose excerpts or supporting information for code purposes. No code, all policies operative, all the time. I'll publish my preliminary page and similar pages again. Copyright L. Kochman, June 17, 2017 @ 3:01 p.m.

Documents 6/17/17

June 17, 2017 The Rolling Stone article: http://web.archive.org/web/20141119200349/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-20141119?page=2 The Phi Kappa Psi lawsuit: http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/u-va-fraternitys-rolling-stone-lawsuit/1867/ 2014 Slate article by a UVA associate professor: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/11/25/uva_gang_rape_allegations_in_rolling_stone_not_surprising_to_one_associate.html June 13, 2017 Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/education/fraternity-chapter-at-u-va-to-settle-suit-against-rolling-stone-for-165-million/2017/06/13/35012b46-503d-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html Charlottesville Police Department March 23, 2015 statement: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/full-text-charlottesville-police-statement-in-u-va-sex-assault-case/2015/03/23/ec4485bc-d193-11e4-8fce-3941fc548f1c_story.html?utm_term=.9582e6fc1823 Copyright this blog page and not its contents, L. Kochman, June 17

she said, THEY said

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June 17, 2017 What the Rolling Stone article said: How the Rolling Stone article was characterized by the Phi Kappa Psi lawsuit: ___________________________________ ____________ Those are pictures of parts of an article that was written by an associate professor at UVA and published by Slate on November 25, 2014, 6 days after the online publication of the Rolling Stone article.   ___________________________________ What the Rolling Stone article said: How the Rolling Stone article was characterized by the Phi Kappa Psi lawsuit: Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, June 17, 2017 @ 3:06 p.m.