After the WashPost jumps in bed with Monsanto, it now lies about campus rape
by: Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews.com
Friday, July 03, 2015
Old media icon The Washington Post has once again been caught lying to its readers, this time about an “epidemic” of campus rape that’s not quite what the paper claims it to be. A recent series of front-page news items claiming that one in five female college students is “sexually assaulted” has been exposed as a hoax, adding to the paper’s already tarnished reputation for aligning itself with Monsanto and pro-GMO interests.
he Weekly Standard first broke the news on the Post’s abuse of its own journalistic integrity, revealing that the paper skewed a survey it conducted to make it seem like more college students are raped by other college students than is actually the case. By asking college students vague questions about their various sexual escapades, the Post was able to conjure up a wildly overblown rate of campus rape cases in order to push its own agenda.
In this case, it appears as though the Post was just looking for a few controversial stories to sell, headlining the lie that 20% of college women today end up getting raped at some point throughout their higher educational experience. And in the process, the Post has further perpetuated a systemic bias against those accused of such rape, who are often denied due process and assumed to be guilty until proven innocent, rather than the other way around.
The New York Times is also guilty of this, having published numerous pieces over the years accusing possibly innocent students of rape while simultaneously censoring evidence suggesting their innocence. This dirty tactic might sell more papers, but it’s also tarnishing the way that many colleges handle alleged rape cases, presuming honesty of the accusers and guilt of the accused.
“The articles and the poll purport to confirm claims by the [Obama] administration, its congressional supporters, most of the media, and campus activists that around 20 percent of female college students are sexually assaulted while at school,” explains The Weekly Standard.
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