Stop Me If You've Heard This Before...Rolling Stone Forced To Delete Article About Derrick Rose Rape Trial Because Of Bad Reporting

Kmarko10/18/2016 5:20 PM

NY MAG – Rolling Stone took down an online article about the Derrick Rose rape trial, domestic violence, and the NBA on Friday, according to Politico. The removal occurred two days after the article was published.

Derrick Rose is currently on trial for allegedly drugging and gang-raping his ex-girlfriend in August 2015 with two friends. The article, entitled “Why Derrick Rose Rape Trial May Wreck NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s Legacy,” looked into why Silver has allegedly stayed silent about the Rose trial. Written by columnist Beejoli Shah, the piece also examined how the commissioner had responded to domestic violence allegations in the past.

A source inside Rolling Stone told Politico that an NBA representative contacted sports editor Jason Diamond after the piece was published. Some of the story’s assertions were disputed, and two corrections were added. On Friday, the article was removed from the website entirely.

Rolling Stone published a note to its readers late Monday night, explaining that it had removed the article. “After publication, it became apparent that the story had substantial flaws. We made the editorial decision to take down the article on Friday, October 14th. The decision to remove the article from the site was ours alone, and we apologize to anyone that may have been affected,” the note said.

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I for one am SHOCKED that Rolling Stone didn’t do it’s due diligence for a major story! I mean if you can’t trust the reporting of Rolling Stone who even can you trust? When I think trustworthy news source I think of 3 things – Walter Cronkite, Brian Williams, Rolling Stone Magazine. Always rock solid with their facts. And, dropping the sarcasm for a second, ironic timing for this one.

What an ambitious new brand for Rolling Stone. To cover the sexual assault beat but with the added flair of making parts or all of the story up.

I actually am shocked to be honest. Shocked Rolling Stone had the balls to even dip a toe back into the rape coverage game. I don’t think it’s sunk in for them yet that the horrible, unthinkable crime of rape can’t be covered the same way as a review of an indie band performing at a 150 person venue? Like you can’t just keep doing this, you know that right?