Reading the whole report that's not really what they said.

What their main admission was that they were so deferential to the "victim" that they didn't push when they should have for fear of her dropping out of the story. When you read the story about the story it's amazing it was published. They didn't talk to anyone but "Jackie" really.

When they spoke to the school they got no information because, frankly, the school couldn't say anything.

When they spoke to the frat they asked such a vague question, and the frat knew so little about what was being accused they didn't have anything to say.

Because the frat said nothing (duh!) they ask the national headquarters who still have nowhere near enough information to really respond.

They didn't make any effort to verify if there was a social when she said the attack happened. (There wasn't) They made no attempt to see if there was a Psi Phi lifeguard at the time (There wasn't). No attempt to see if there was a guy fitting the description of a guy fitting the description in the study group she described. No attempt to independently contact any of the people she promised to try to get to talk to them.

If they had done any further digging they'd have found that the people she said she talked to not only all denied what she attributed to them, the story she told them was completely different. In their version she was forced to perform oral sex. That's also what she told the school. And finding those 3 wouldn't have been that hard. She used their real first names. If they had checked the frat's social calendar they'd have seen there was no date social that entire month. If they hadn't tried to play coy, which was pointless because she'd already gone to the school, the frat could have at least denied the social happened.

While I am normally one who is very sympathetic to rape victims for reasons that I'd rather not discuss here, the reality is there is a reason you have to investigate crimes thoroughly, even rape. And while I wouldn't hold a reporter to the standard of the police, I would certainly expect them to validate at least some part of the story instead of relying on the fact they all believed her because she seemed so sincere and emotional.