Duke Lacrosse Update -- "Fake But Accurate"

As I've posted before, I don't know what happened in the Duke Lacrosse case. But the following comment from a North Carolina Central University student represents a trend in American culture and discourse that is very disturbing:

"Rape is wrong, sexism is wrong and classism is wrong," said Khari Jackson, an NCCU senior from Winston-Salem. "If it turns out [that the allegations are] not true, I'll still support her because of the deeper issues that's surrounding this case."

Just like in the Rathergate episode, now a story is apparently worthy of endorsement and publication even if it's a lie, so long as the lie supports an appropriate left-wing cause. "Fake but accurate" is the new mantra of the left.