by Sydney Smith on Dec 30, 2017
Top 10 Libel Lawsuits from 2017
Throughout the year, iMediaEthics has reported on numerous libel lawsuits and claims. The following is a round-up of ten noteworthy...
Rolling Stone
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2017
UVA Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members win appeal, can sue Rolling Stone for ‘Rape on Campus’
The controversy surrounding Rolling Stone's "A Rape on Campus" article is not going away. The 2014 article by Sabrina Rubin...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 13, 2017
UVA’s Phi Kappa Psi Wins Libel Settlement from Rolling Stone after Retracted ‘Rape on Campus’
Rolling Stone is paying the University of Virginia's Phi Kappa Psi chapter about $1.65 million to settle the chapter's libel...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 16, 2017
Rolling Stone settles Rape on Campus lawsuit
One lawsuit down, one to go? This past week, Rolling Stone settled University of Virginia administrator Nicole Eramo's libel lawsuit...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 04, 2016
Rolling Stone loses Nicole Eramo’s ‘A Rape on Campus’ Libel Lawsuit
Rolling Stone libeled a University of Virginia associate dean Nicole Eramo with its discredited report "A Rape on Campus," a...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 25, 2016
A Rape on Campus: First Libel Lawsuit against Rolling Stone underway
The first libel trial against Rolling Stone and reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely for the reporting "A Rape on Campus" is...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2016
Rolling Stone deletes Derrick Rose, Adam Silver story
With Rolling Stone currently fighting off libel lawsuits over its discredited reporting on rape in the 2014 article, "A Rape on Campus,"...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2016
3 Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Members Lose Rolling Stone Rape on Campus Lawsuit
George Elias IV, Stephen Hadford and Ross Fowler, three now-graduated University of Virginia Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members, had their their...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2016
How to Report on Rape? Ethics Event April 28 to Teach UVA Students
Non-profit newsroom ProPublica will teach students at the University of Virginia about "the ethics, pitfalls and best practices surrounding journalistic investigations of...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 13, 2016
Kate del Castillo Challenges Parts of Sean Penn’s El Chapo Story
Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has spoken out about her role in Sean Penn's infamous story for Rolling Stone about meeting...