Edward Patrick Alva "created his Wikipedia account just two weeks after Florida State University President John Thrasher first called out the filmmakers for their inaccurate and unfair portrayal of the school and its handling of the rape accusation against former star quarterback Jameis Winston. has been editing Wikipedia articles to make facts conform with the inaccurate representations in the film." Fortunately, Wikipedia maintains a history of changes. As Ashe Schow wrote in the Washington Examiner, "A crew member from 'The Hunting Ground'. The evaluation of dishonesty is assisted by a bizarre twist. The film is rife with misrepresentations or outright lies. There is no indication of men who have been falsely accused, no mention of the many lawsuits brought against universities and false accusers. There is no presentation of the men's stories. "The Hunting Ground" does not provide the most basic safeguards of accuracy.
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have found former Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston not to be a rapist." Perhaps in response to a lawsuit by Kinsman, Winston has sued his accuser back, alleging that she demanded $7 million to drop the case. explained that "Three separate investigations. In a National Review article, Stuart Taylor Jr. Journalist Cathy Young conducted a blistering expose of Sulkowicz (who went on to perform in an extremely graphic pornographic video that allegedly relived the assault).įlorida State University (FSU) student Erica Kinsman accused Jameis Winston, an FSU football player who was later selected as the first overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft. The fellow student accused by Columbia undergraduate Emma Sulkowicz was found "not responsible," and repeatedly so, by the university's disciplinary committee. The "documentary" is also inaccurate about two other women presented and their jarring stories of sexual assault, both of which have been discredited. So are investigative journalists like Emily Yoffe, who penned an expose of the case in Slate, " How The Hunting Ground Blurs the Truth." A grand jury was also convinced and took the unusual step of refusing to indict Winston on the most serious charges a jury found him "guilty" of a single nonsexual misdemeanor of "touching." The judge sentenced him to a brief probation. Having closely reviewed the evidence, the professors are certain of his innocence. of the general sexual assault phenomenon at universities." The professors are rallying behind their student, Brandon Winston, who was not mentioned by name but clearly portrayed in the film as a rapist and repeated predator. 15, 19 Harvard professors issued a joint press release, calling "The Hunting Ground" a "purported documentary" that is "propaganda" and "provides a seriously false picture. Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten Gillibrand Harry, Meghan push family leave with annual holiday card Overnight Energy & Environment - New York Democrats go after 'peaker' plants Three House Democrats ask watchdog to probe 'peaker' power plant pollution MORE (D-N.Y.), who is featured in the film, has introduced the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, a controversial bill that seems to marginalize police involvement in campus rape cases.
Documentaries, like studies, are often preludes to legislation. " The Hunting Ground" documentary claims to show a shocking but accurate glimpse of sexual assault on American campuses.