'Rape Culture Is A War On Boys On College Campuses', According To Fox News Host Andrea Tantaros

Fox News Host's Comments On Rape Are Utterly Astounding
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Fox News host Andrea Tantaros has declared rape culture is a war on boys on college campuses, following the discrediting of the now-infamous Rolling Stone story regarding an alleged gang rape at a US university.

The article, which recounted the experiences of a woman named Jackie at the hands of a student fraternity at Virginia University, hit headlines around the world - but has since unravelled.

A police investigation produced no evidence the gang rape ever occurred - although still can't rule out that nothing happened. However Rolling Stone has apologised for the article, admitting it was a "mistake".

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"This is the most dangerous form of journalism," Andrea starts off saying. "They're just looking for stories, and if they don't get them then they'll just make it up.

"But there's a bigger theme happening here. This hurts women, this hurts victims of sexual assault, and I'm going to speak slowly so all the feminist blogs can get this one because I'm sure they'll clip it."

(At this point there's a titter from one of the panellists.)

"There is a war happening. On boys. On these college campuses," Amanda continues.

"Now we see this fraternity, they can't show they did anything wrong, we don't know if anything was done wrong.

"There is no opportunity to discover the facts, there's no opportunity to confront witnesses and present a defence.

"They cannot fight back.

"So you have Lena Dunham, Rolling Stone, it is a theme in this country to go after boys in this rape culture. There are absolutely legitimate reasons for them to do this. But what happens after they assassinate their character?

"What happens to Lena Dunham? What happens to these fraternity boys? Absolutely nothing. And it hurts the women and the victims at the end of the day the most."

Controversy Over Rolling Stone Article At UVA
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A window is boarded up at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. A Rolling Stone article alleged a gang rape at the house which has since suspended operations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FILE - This Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, shows the Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Greek organizations at the school have until Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, to agree to new drinking rules as a condition for ending a temporary ban on social activities, which UVa. President Teresa A. Sullivan imposed following a November Rolling Stone article describing a campus culture that fosters violence against women. The article was later discredited by the magazine's editors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this image taken from video, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, University of Virginia student Ryan Duffin talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Charlottsville, Va. Duffin and two other friends of an alleged victim of a gang rape at a U.Va. fraternity, challenged details in a Rolling Stone article that used the woman's attack to paint a picture of a culture of sexual violence on the campus was wrong on a number of key points: most important that they didn't encourage her to report the attack and that they were more concerned about their reputations than her well-being. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this image taken from video, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, University of Virginia student Alex Stock talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Charlottsville, Va. Stock, and two other friends of an alleged victim of a gang rape at a U.Va. fraternity, challenged details in a Rolling Stone article that used the woman's attack to paint a picture of a culture of sexual violence on the campus was wrong on a number of key points: most important that they didn't encourage her to report the attack and that they were more concerned about their reputations than her well-being. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Lyra Bartell, right, of Richmond, Va. hugs her friend, Irene Burgoa, grey top, in front of the undergraduate admissions building at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. the door of the building is littered with notes relating to the recent gang rape allegations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. A Rolling Stone article last week alleged a gang rape at the house which has since suspended operations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A student walks into Peabody Hall the undergraduate admissions building at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The door of the building is littered with notes relating to the recent gang rape allegations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone is casting doubt on the account it published of a young woman who says she was gang-raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party at the school, saying there now appear to be discrepancies in the student's account. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jalen Ross, president of the University of Virginia student council, ponders a question during a news conference at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Ross called the Rolling Stone article on a fraternity house gang rape a âwake-up callâ for the university. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone is casting doubt on the account it published of a young woman who says she was gang-raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party at the school, saying there now appear to be discrepancies in the student's account. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A University of Virginia student looks over postings on the door of Peabody Hall related to the Phi Kappa Psi gang rape allegations at the school in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The university has suspended activities at all campus fraternal organizations amid an investigation into a published report in which a student described being sexually assaulted by seven men in 2012 at the Phi Kappa Psi house. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A few postings on the door of Peabody Hall related to the Phi Kappa Psi gang rape allegations at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The university has suspended activities at all campus fraternal organizations amid an investigation into a published report in which a student described being sexually assaulted by seven men in 2012 at the Phi Kappa Psi house. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jalen Ross, at podium, president of the University of Virginia student council, ponders a question during a news conference at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Ross called the Rolling Stone article on a fraternity house gang rape a âwakeup callâ for the university. The University of Virginia on Saturday suspended activities at all campus fraternal organizations on Saturday in response to the accounts of sexual assault in Rolling Stone. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. A Rolling Stone article last week alleged a gang rape at the house which has since suspended operations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Showing disdain for this group outside their compound in response to this Rolling Stone article: www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-20... (credit:BobMical/Flickr)
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Showing disdain for Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the rape culture on campus in response to this Rolling Stone article: www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-20... (credit:BobMical/Flickr)
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Showing disdain for Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the rape culture on campus in response to this Rolling Stone article: www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-20... (credit:BobMical/Flickr)
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Tommy Reid, right, the president of the University of Virginiaâs Inter-Fraternity Council says that a female studentâs account of being sexually assaulted by seven men at a fraternity made him âsick to my stomach.â during a news conference at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The University of Virginia on Saturday suspended activities at all campus fraternal organizations on Saturday in response to the accounts of sexual assault in Rolling Stone. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A student walks along the lawn at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Emily Renda leans up against a window at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Chase Evans, of Atlanta, studies in an ampetheatre on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)