Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine Photograph by Larry Busacca — Getty Images In publishing a sensational article about campus rape, the magazine forgot one of journalism’s basic principles.
There’s an old adage in journalism that says: “Any story that looks too good to be true probably is.” And yet, respected media outlets repeatedly print news stories that turn out to have been exaggerated wildly or completely fabricated. Why? Because in many […]
