Sexual Assault

Networks Failed to Expose Doubts in Rolling Stone Rape Story; Devoted 11 Minutes on Evening Shows to Initial Report

curtis.houck — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 06:37:35 +0000

Curtis Houck

When the now-retracted article by the Rolling Stone magazine was published on November 19 about a brutal gang rape of a first-year student at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia (UVA), the major broadcast networks rushed to the story and devoted multiple segments to both the article and reactio

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NCIS Takes On Sexual Assault

Meredith Mantel — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:31:44 +0000

Meredith Mantel

(Trigger warning: sexual assault)

MSNBC's Harris-Perry Finds Rapist Castro's House Reminds Her of Colleges and U.S. Military

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:34:39 +0000

Brad Wilmouth

On the Saturday, August 3, Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC, after a discussion of the sentencing of rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro, host Melissa Harris-Perry made an over the top comparison between the house Castro built to hold his sexual assault victims and institutions like colleges and the military.

NYT's Maureen Dowd Compares Air Force Officer Charged with Sexual Battery to Clarence Thomas

clay.waters — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:27:13 +0000

Clay Waters

New York Times columnist and former reporter Maureen Dowd offensively roped Clarence Thomas into her column on the arrest on sexual battery charges of Jeffrey Krusinski, the Air Force officer in charge of sexual assault prevention programs for the branch.

Maureen Dowd Compares Air Force Officer Charged With Sexual Battery to Clarence Thomas

clay.waters — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:35:55 +0000

Clay Waters

Maureen Dowd offensively roped Clarence Thomas into her column on the arrest on sexual battery charges of Jeffrey Krusinski, the Air Force officer in charge of sexual assault prevention programs for the branch.

Krusinksi’s mug shot, showing scarlet scratches on his face, is a portrait in misery.