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Rolling Stone:
Rolling Stone and UVA: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report — A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Last November, we published a story, ‘A Rape on Campus’ [RS 1223], that centered around a University of Virginia student's horrifying account of her alleged gang rape at a campus fraternity house.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Rolling Stone's Rape Hoax: Why Did It Happen? — After its story on an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia fell apart, Rolling Stone magazine commissioned the Columbia School of Journalism to investigate the incident and write a report about what went wrong.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Rolling Stone Article on Rape at University of Virginia Failed All Basics, Report Says — Rolling Stone magazine retracted its article about a brutal gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity after the release of a report on Sunday that concluded the widely discredited piece was the result …
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CNNMoney:
Major ‘failures’ found in Rolling Stone's ‘A Rape on Campus’ — An institutional failure at Rolling Stone resulted a deeply flawed article about a purported gang rape at the University of Virginia, according to an outside review by Columbia Journalism School professors.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The Obama Doctrine and Iran — President Obama talks with Thomas L. Friedman about the calculations that informed the Iran nuclear framework and what they say about his overall approach to foreign policy. — April 5, 2015. Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times. — In September 1996, I visited Iran.
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Gary Hart: Billion-dollar Clinton campaign should ‘frighten’ Americans — The two-time Democratic presidential candidate is alarmed by current ‘dynastic’ politics. — Gary Hart has serious reservations about a Hillary Clinton candidacy. — The prospect of a billion-dollar Clinton campaign …
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Paul F. Campos / New York Times:
The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much — BOULDER, Colo. — ONCE upon a time in America, baby boomers paid for college with the money they made from their summer jobs. Then, over the course of the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed.
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Los Angeles Times:
California's wealthy lagging in water conservation — There are few signs of California's epic drought along a stretch of Maple Drive in Beverly Hills. — Deep green front lawns stretch out, dotted with healthy trees and sculpted foliage. The only brown lawn in sight was at a home under construction.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Interview With a Christian — AFTER watching the debate about religious freedom unfold over the past week, I decided to subject myself to an interview by an imaginary — but representative — member of the press. Here is our conversation: — Happy Easter! — Thank you.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Good Riddance, Carrie Mathison — WASHINGTON — THE co-creator of “Homeland” on Showtime revealed recently that when the new season starts, Claire Danes's Carrie Mathison will no longer work at the C.I.A. — Her real-life counterparts can't wait for her to clean out her desk.
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BREITBART.COM:
The Humbling of Tor — The epicenter of the clique's influence is Tor books and its domineering editors, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen-Hayden. It also encompasses the ultra-progressive John Scalzi and his fans, who began the trend of nomination slates and bloc voting.
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Edith Honan / Reuters:
Kenya says government official's son was among gunmen in Garissa attack — (Reuters) - The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 people at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as Kenyan churches hired armed guards to protect their Easter congregations.
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Barbara Leader / The News Star:
Gay student to miss prom over no-tux rule — Carroll High School senior Claudetteia Love, an openly gay student and top academic scholar, won't attend the school's prom this year because the school won't allow her to wear a tuxedo. — The school says it's simply a dress code …
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Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Kansas Bans Poor People From Spending Welfare On Cruise Ships — Kansas welfare recipients will be unable to get more than $25 per day in benefits under a new law sent this week to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's desk by the state legislature. — The bill also prohibits welfare recipients …
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