{"id":2679905,"date":"2026-10-09T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlegacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:25:32","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlegacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlegacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy Media Reports Omit Jane Doe&#8217;s &#8216;Our Body Our Choice&#8217; Text"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlegacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2679905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses discrepancies in media reporting regarding text messages exchanged by Jane Doe, a Cornell University student alleging sexual assault. In the messages, Jane Doe referred to a sexual encounter as a \u201cgangbang\u201d and included the phrase \u201cour body our choice,\u201d which cast doubt on her claims of involuntary participation. While TMZ published screenshots of these texts,reports by The New York Times and CBS New York omitted the \u201cgangbang\u201d reference and the \u201cour body our choice\u201d remark,instead focusing on other parts of the conversation where Doe reassured the accused that the activities were legal and she enjoyed being with the men involved. Critics argue that the selective reporting omits key context that could influence perception of the case. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-find-judge-to-block-more-of-trumps-election-law-order\/\" title=\"Dems Find Judge To Block More Of Trump&#039;s Election Law Order\">article highlights ongoing debates<\/a> over how media outlets portray sensitive incidents and emphasizes the importance of complete reporting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cornell_University_Sign_20240525.jpg\">\u9890\u56ed\u5c45\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC By-SA 4.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/09\/legacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Legacy Media Reports On Cornell Jane Doe\u2019s Texts Left Out \u2018Our Body Our Choice\u2019 Comment&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/09\/legacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Legacy Media Reports On Cornell Jane Doe\u2019s Texts Left Out \u2018Our Body Our Choice\u2019 Comment&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/09\/legacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/09\/legacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Legacy Media Reports On Cornell Jane Doe\u2019s Texts Left Out \u2018Our Body Our Choice\u2019 Comment&#038;body=&#039;Our body our choice,&#039; Jane Doe wrote in a text exchange with one of the men she has accused, according to screenshots published by TMZ. %20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/10\/09\/legacy-media-reports-on-cornell-jane-does-texts-left-out-our-body-our-choice-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent(&#039;Legacy Media Reports On Cornell Jane Doe\u2019s Texts Left Out \u2018Our Body Our Choice\u2019 Comment&#039;); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\">                     <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>                     <\/a>                 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur body our choice,\u201d Cornell\u2019s Jane Doe wrote in a text exchange with one of the seven men she has accused of sexually assaulting her during a 2024 encounter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/09\/cornell-jane-doe-texts-with-accused-fraternity-brother-about-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to screenshots published this week by TMZ. Doe, who now claims she was raped, casually described the incident as a \u201cgangbang\u201d in the message sent days after it took place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But those comments, which cast further doubt on Doe\u2019s claim that her participation was involuntary, are missing from articles published by The New York Times and CBS New York that were based on the same text thread. Both The Times and CBS New York reported on a text exchange between Doe and Jonathan Newell \u2014 a man she would later accuse of rape \u2014 in which she reassured him that none of the sexual activities they engaged in were illegal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2433191913\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing that text exchange, The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/01\/nyregion\/cornell-rape-accusation-reporting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Newell apologized \u201cfor how things went down the other night\u201d and for not \u201cshut[ting] it down and kick[ing] people out before it got way out of hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Times report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jane Doe replied and reassured him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt the end of the day non of the sexual stuff was illegal and honestly i really liked being w u and matt,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lawyer for Mr. Newell did not respond to requests for comment. A lawyer for Mr. Ingalls declined to comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next day, on Oct. 22, Jane Doe made an appointment at Cornell Health to see a doctor because she had contracted a urinary tract infection and wanted to be tested for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-shocked-parents-oppose-porn-literacy-in-schools\/\" title=\"New ... Shocked: Parents Oppose \u2018Porn Literacy\u2019 In Schools\">sexually transmitted diseases<\/a>. She told the doctor she contracted the U.T.I. \u201cin a traumatic way,\u201d according to a transcript of her conversation with investigators.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Times ended its quote from the text message with \u201c\u2026u and matt.\u201d Readers may have believed that that\u2019s how the actual message ended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two days prior, Mahsa Saeidi of CBS New York, an affiliate station of CBS News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/text-messages-reveal-new-details-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> a story entitled \u201cExclusive text messages reveal new details in alleged gang rape at Cornell University.\u201d Saeidi reportedly \u201creceived new screenshots from a source.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saeidi quoted some of the same snippets of the exchange as The Times, including Doe\u2019s admission that \u201cnon[e] of the sexual stuff was illegal\u201d and that Doe liked being with the two men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But neither The Times nor Saeidi included other crucial portions of that same message: Doe calling the activity a \u201cgangbang\u201d and reassuring Newell that their decisions were \u201cour body our choice.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full Oct. 21 text from Doe to Newell shows one continuous message, according to TMZ: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">aw jonathan i really appreciate this text. my memories super clouded too. i think we were all way to [redacted] drunk and high. i\u2019m getting a little heat (pi phi girls ([redacted] and [redacted]) can\u2019t get my name out of their mouth)) but that\u2019s to be expected. but at the end of the day non[e] of the sexual stuff was illegal and honestly I really liked being w u and Matt. so anything anyone has to say about the gangbang is out of their jurisdiction. I don\u2019t think we should feel any shame for the part. our body our choice asf\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When The Federalist asked CBS New York whether Saeidi had reviewed the entire text exchange, a CBS New York spokeswoman said she had. \u201cOur reporter reviewed the full text exchange before publishing, and our editorial decisions reflected that review,\u201d the spokeswoman said when pressed to answer why key portions like Doe\u2019s \u201cour body our choice\u201d comment had been left out. \u201cWe also included her attorney\u2019s explanation and gave our audience the context necessary to understand why some of those messages may be disputed,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked the same questions, The New York Times did not respond. However, in its story, Times reporters indicated that their reporting was based on \u201cdetailed filings collected during the private Title IX proceedings \u2014 hundreds of pages of emails, text messages, photographs and interviews with Jane Doe, her friends and those she accused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federalist also asked a spokesman for CBS News whether the national media outfit stands by the reporting of its local affiliate, but CBS News declined to provide an on-the-record response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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