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Rolling Stone up for sale, almost one year after UVA defamation suit

By Becket Adams
Published September 18, 2017 5:17pm ET
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Rolling Stone up for sale, almost one year after UVA defamation suit
At a loss of reputation, journalistic credibility, and $3 million, Erdely's love note to fabulism was certainly more than just a "botched" report. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) | Tony Dejak

Rolling Stone magazine did everything wrong in 2015 when it published A Rape on Campus, a since-retracted 8,985-word fabrication alleging a brutal assault at the University of Virginia.

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