The slow collapse of Rolling Stone’s harrowing gang rape story looked at first like a cautionary tale on the need to fully vet stories before publication. But in the week since the magazine’s first editor’s note, further doubts over Jackie’s story have emerged, with Rolling Stone struggling to explain how it all went so badly off track.
Dan Kennedy teaches journalism at Northeastern University.
Callie Crossley hosts WGBH News’ Under the Radar.
Adam Reilly is a reporter at WGBH News.
Justin Ellis is an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab.