article_snippet.sent: (CNN)According to an outside review by Columbia Journalism School professors, "(a)n institutional failure at Rolling Stone resulted in a deeply flawed article about a purported gang rape at the University of Virginia.
article_snippet.sent: The Columbia team concluded that "(a)n institutional failure at Rolling Stone encompassed reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking.
article_snippet.sent: Hardly a ringing endorsement of the editorial process at the publication.
article_snippet.sent: The magazine's managing editor, Will Dana, wrote, "We would like to apologize to We readers and to all of those who were damaged by We story and the ensuing fallout, including members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and UVA administrators and students.
article_snippet.sent: But the Rolling Stone article certainly purported to be fact, and the Rolling Stone article apparently is not exactly what the law of defamation considers "true.
highlights_snippet.sent: An outside review found that a Rolling Stone article about campus rape was "deeply flawed"
  Danny Cevallos says that there are obstacles to a successful libel case, should one be filed .