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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37879151
Rolling Stone magazine and a journalist have been found guilty of defamation over a false article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia.
The $7.5m (£6m) lawsuit was brought by Nicole Eramo, an associate dean from the university, who said the article had cast her as the "chief villain".
The 2014 article, written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, included the rape claim of an unidentified female student.
The magazine retracted the article in April 2015, citing inconsistencies.
[...] An investigation by the Charlottesville Police Department had found no evidence that "Jackie" had been gang raped.
[...] The amount [Nicole Eramo] is due in damages will be determined at a later date.
The 10-member federal jury in Charlottesville found that Erdely, the journalist, was responsible for libel with actual malice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @06:42AM
> Should journalists who publish false stories be dis-journaled the way attorneys are disbarred?
The reporter is now basically unemployable for anything more than ghost-writing listicles, so for all intents and purposes she has been disbarred from journalism.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday November 06 2016, @05:08PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @05:19PM
What do you imagine happens to a disbarred lawyer?
They find work elsewhere too.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 07 2016, @10:13AM