Ashley Cullins of The Hollywood Reporter wrote an article about the ongoing battle between Rolling Stone Magazine and a fraternity at the University of Virginia.

Rolling Stone and the University of Virginia chapter of Phi Kappa Psi have been in and out of court since last year. In June of 2016, Rolling Stone won a defamation lawsuit that was filed by members of the fraternity.

Currently, the magazine is still battling with the national fraternity of Phi Kappa Psi, who are arguing that the article defamed the entire organization. Rolling Stone insists that the sole motivation of the lawsuit is money.

This article relates to the topic of defamation that was discussed in chapter 7 of the “Principles of American Journalism” textbook. Defamation is any communication made with the intent to harm a person’s reputation.

In regards to this specific case, it seems to me that Rolling Stone’s intent was to bring light to an important and often ignored issue that occurs way too often on college campuses across the nation.