Rolling Stone Managing Editor, Will Dana Steps Down on August 7th


What’s a skinny-leg-jeans-wearing college hipster to do?

In light of advancing lawsuits against Wenner Media, accusing Rolling Stone for falsely reporting a University of Virginia Fraternity of a gang rape, Mr. Dana will leave his post of Managing Editor of the magazine. The article, “A Rape on Campus,” told of a woman dubbed “Jackie,” being led into a darkened room from a party, thrown through a glass table and raped over three hours by several brothers as part of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Despite the efforts to retract the article after The Columbia Journalism Review published an investigation of the story’s publication, none of the other Rolling Stone staff members associated with the original story to include reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely were terminated.

“We would like to apologize to our readers and to all of those who were damaged by our story and the ensuing fallout, including members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and UVA administrators and students. Sexual assault is a serious problem on college campuses, and it is important that rape victims feel comfortable stepping forward. It saddens us to think that their willingness to do so might be diminished by our failings.” Will Dana, Managing Editor in the April 2015 issue of Rolling Stone.

I would go up to a college hipster hanging at Urban Outfitters right now and console them but…nah. They will always and forever have hipster, Emma-Mattress-Girl-Gone-Porn-Star-Sulkowicz.

“After 19 years at Rolling Stone, I have decided that it is time to move on. It has been a great ride and I loved it even more than I imagined I would. I am as excited to see where the magazine goes next as I was in the summer of 1978 when I bought my first issue.”-Will Dana

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