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Dec 10 2015 Reliable source Newsweek coverage and Sulkowicz's reported legal threats against the source

http://europe.newsweek.com/other-side-sexual-assault-crisis-403285 The above link has an email registration wall, but is easy enough to read. If you wish to bypass the wall, an advocacy blog called cotwa.info has mirrored the article here: http://www.cotwa.info/p/when-you-are-most-notorious-alleged.html It is interesting because it is one of the few articles within what are classed as "reliable" sources that does not treat Sulkowicz' allegations as fact. Interesting quote about the impact the "artist" has had on his life: "These days, he lives with his parents and freelances as a cinematographer. He plans to apply to film school, but he feels that he’s lost all of his New York connections and that he can’t return to the U.S. He says prospective employers Google his name and question him about what happened at Columbia." Another notable intervention from the "artist": "Sulkowicz declined to speak with Newsweek but said by email, “Paul Nungesser’s complaint is filled with lies.... I want to warn you to be conscientious about what you publish as ‘fact’ for I may work with a lawyer to rectify any inaccuracies and misrepresentations.”" I think the whole article should be read in depth with a view to improving the wikipedia article and perhaps re-phrasing it so that it is made far clearer than at present that the "artist" is making allegations, and her status as "victim" is very, very far from established fact. Perhaps the lurid details of her narrative that we currently include should be omitted, out of respect for the suffering of the accused, which is actually established fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.225.245 (talk) 00:39, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

I heard about similar comments addressed towards newsweek in a Dec 12 article "Mattress Girl Threatens To Sue Newsweek" by David Garrett. Does anyone know if NewsWeek has made a rebuttal? The only reference to NW on the page currently that I can see is the Spring article. 184.146.6.191 (talk) 07:18, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

From the article of 10th December 2015: "Sulkowicz declined to speak with Newsweek but said by email, “Paul Nungesser’s complaint is filled with lies.... I want to warn you to be conscientious about what you publish as ‘fact’ for I may work with a lawyer to rectify any inaccuracies and misrepresentations.”". Newsweek is a reliable source with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy.