Posted on 04/14/2020 8:36:41 AM PDT by jazusamo
It has been nearly three weeks since former congressional staffer Tara Reade spoke out about her 1993 sexual assault accusation against former Vice President Joe Biden, but it wasn't until Easter Sunday that it began receiving any attention from the mainstream media.
And if you only watch CNN, you still haven't heard about it.
For 18 days, as the coronavirus outbreak dominated the news cycle, Reade's claim was not covered by the biggest media outlets following her March 25 interview with progressive podcast host Katie Halper. CNN, MSNBC and the three broadcast networks did not offer any on-air coverage or articles on their websites about the alleged assault. The New York Times and The Washington Post, two papers that dedicated extensive reporting to sex assault allegations made against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, were also mum on the matter.
In addition, in seven televised interviews Biden has done since Reade came forward with her allegation, he was never asked about it. This includes three interviews on MSNBC, two appearances on CNN and appearances on the Sunday morning news shows on ABC and NBC. Prominent anchors like Anderson Cooper, Chuck Todd and George Stephanopoulos never questioned the presumptive Democratic nominee, instead focusing on the pandemic and President Trump's handling of the crisis.
The absence of reporting from these outlets was notable enough for the satirical news site The Onion to address, mocking the Times on Thursday with the headline: "'New York Times' Pledges To Cover Biden Sexual Assault Allegations in Upcoming Crossword."
The tides began to shift following Rich McHugh's report in Business Insider on Friday that Reade had filed a criminal complaint against Biden. The New York Times ran its first report about the allegation on Sunday morning as millions of Americans were observing Easter. The Washington Post...
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We all know the drill, believe ALL women, unless the accused is a Democrat, than not a peep about it..that is what the commie media did throughout Obama’s Presidency, they refused to cover ANYTHING that was negative..that is why you hardly heard a peep about the swine flu which killed thousands of Americans, not a peep, want to know why, because it would have made Hussein look bad
Right on!
From Vanity Fair, of all places. Maybe the story is gaining traction among disaffected Bernie-bros:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/media-floodgates-open-joe-biden-tara-reade-allegation
Sorry, but FReepers who repeat this BS are the hypocrites. This is a charge about someone from 25+ years ago; about a man who has been a public figure for all that time.
All of a sudden, she remembered. Give me a break.
ML/NJ
Also, I don’t think any of the MSM outlets have ever mentioned Biden’s penchant for swimming nude when he was Veep in full view of Secret Service agents, some of whom were female.
It’s not hypocritical for FReepers to call out these kind of articles about the mainstream liberal media ignoring these type accusations unless they’re about Republicans and that’s exactly what this piece is about.
Of course it is.
We're you expecting something different? Are you also expecting articles about Joe Biden being brain dead; or that Obama still hasn't released a real birth certificate; or …
ML/NJ
Are they having Avenatti on again?
Compare to coverage of every woman who accused Trump during 2016.
“It’s not hypocritical for FReepers to call out these kind of articles about the mainstream liberal media ignoring these type accusations unless they’re about Republicans and that’s exactly what this piece is about.”
Exactly. Reade’s credibility is much greater, in my opinion, than the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford, whose ancient allegations about Justice Kavanaugh were given 24/7 coverage by the “major” news outlets.
bttt
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