Rolling Stone magazine didn't follow basic journalistic safeguards, when it published a story about an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house. It was stated by an outside review of the matter released on Sunday.

A team from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism concluded in its critique that the story was aimed at telling about the problem of sexual violence on college campuses, but in place of that the magazine may have showed that many women create rape allegations. According to the detailed report, social scientists say that there are about 2 to 8% rape reports, which involve false allegations.

According to Abraham Axler of New York City, president of the university's Student Council, "I think the real casualty of the report is the University of Virginia's trust in journalism. I don't think any University of Virginia student going through this will ever read an article the same way".

The Rolling Stone article mentioned an alleged 2012 gang rape, according to which a first-year student identified as 'Jackie' said that she had suffered at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. The article was written by contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely and published in November. It also said that the University tolerated sexual violence against women.

Rolling Stone expressed regret for 'discrepancies' in the matter, after questions were raised regarding the story. It also acknowledged that it never talked to seven men accused of the alleged rape regarding the case.

According to the magazine's publisher, Jann S. Wenner, Erdely would carry on writing for the magazine. A statement has been issued by the university's president, in which Rolling Stone has been accused of 'irresponsible journalism'.