Kirsten Gillibrand’s assault on reality

Published June 25, 2015 4:01am ET



Alarmists peddling the notion that American college women are as at-risk of sexual assault as women in war-torn nations have been having a tough time these past several months.

Rolling Stone’s gang-rape story fell apart after becoming an international call-to-arms for activists. The Columbia “mattress girl” saw her story crumble after Facebook messages were printed showing her completely friendly and at times loving conversations with her alleged brutal attacker. And purveyors of the debunked “1 in 5” sex assault statistic have finally started wising up. Even the movie that was supposed to turn the debate around, “The Hunting Ground,” suffered from catastrophic errors, rendering it nothing more than propaganda.

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