It's been a rough few days for Rolling Stone Magazine, but it's been an even rougher few days for facts, which seems to have lost their place in American journalism. After publishing a much-heralded story about a horrific-sounding gang rape at the University of Virginia, Rolling Stone last week had to admit it had not done the work of contacting all parties to ascertain they were really dealing with a true account, and that the credibility of their one real source was now in doubt.
