Phi Kappa Psi at U of Virginia Voluntarily Suspends Activities

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Hoax? That's a loaded word. I haven't seen any evidence of a hoax, at least on RS's part. Fiasco, yes, but not hoax.

If this would have been a story about rape at RISD or Evergreen State College, the writer would have been sent back to double, triple and quadruple check, interview every student and faculty member on campus, and even if it would have been found to be true, the piece never would have seen the light of day. A very moneyed fraternity at a very moneyed school, however, is already considered guilty of every crime possible by RS just because they exist.

As for the writer, she either didn't have enough self respect or respect for her employer to research this story properly, or DID research it (i.e. finding out there was no one with that name in the fraternity) and knew she could make her bones on it and didn't care who was destroyed in the process.