Posted on 04/29/2020 4:49:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
This week, new evidence emerged in the sexual assault allegation by former Joe Biden staffer Tara Reade against the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. According to Business Insider, four people have stated that Reade told them contemporaneously about her accusation that Biden forcibly penetrated her with his fingers in 1993. Meanwhile, the Media Research Center uncovered a clip, purportedly of Reade's mother, calling into "Larry King Live" back in 1993 to obliquely refer to the allegation. While such evidence does not speak to the actual event at issue, it does demonstrate that Reade has been talking about the alleged incident since it occurred.
The media ignored the original allegation for weeks. Now, even while reporting on the new developments, they've found ways to downplay their importance. Thus, The Washington Post -- democracy dies in darkness! -- wrote an article headlined "Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against Biden." Normally, headlines are designed to convey information about the underlying story. This headline was apparently written in English, translated to Swahili and then to Punjabi via Google Translate and then back to English before printing.
Other news outlets skipped the revelations altogether. The New York Times, which ran a comprehensive piece two weeks ago attempting to debunk Reade's case, completely ignored the new information. NBC News didn't bother covering the information either. Meanwhile, NBC News and MSNBC Chairman Andy Lack printed a piece on the network website celebrating its journalistic performance. "Humbled by the responsibility we bear, we try our damnedest to serve our audience," he said. It's a wonder Lack didn't dislocate both arms trying desperately to pat himself on the back.
As of this writing, Biden has not been asked a single direct question about Reade by a television reporter. Meanwhile, members of the media cheer their audacity in asking President Donald Trump questions like, "If an American president loses more Americans over the course of six weeks than died in the entirety of the Vietnam War, does he deserve to be reelected?" So. Much. Journalisming.
Why does any of this matter? Not because Biden should be convicted in the court of public opinion without evidence. He shouldn't. The standards of due process should apply evenly, regardless of partisanship. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh should not have been subjected to thousands of hit pieces, magazine covers and twisted accusations that his anger at rape accusations he disputed was mere evidence of his privilege. Christine Blasey Ford should not have been celebrated nationwide as a symbol of truth telling without any corroborative evidence. #BelieveAllWomen was always an idiotic slogan. Only now are members of the media admitting it.
That's why this matters. Biden's candidacy will survive Tara Reade: Democrats aren't dumping Biden overboard based on a 27-year-old accusation of questionable veracity, and they certainly won't do so when running against Trump, who has his own checkered history. But the media's pathetically hypocritical standard on due process and sexual assault allegations won't survive. Neither will their credibility. President Trump spends an inordinate amount of time bashing the media for their lack of seriousness. The same media who laureled Democrats for cashiering Kavanaugh and now spend their days studiously avoiding any talk about Tara Reade deserve every ounce of skepticism the American people can muster.
There's a serio-comic tenor to this whole situation. We're living in a time when we must trust the media more than ever -- to bring us unbiased, factual information about a global pandemic, to warn us of dangers and to be reasonable about risk assessment. Yet the media have spent so many years burning through their credibility that they have little left. That's their own fault. If they wish to restore their credibility, they could start by apologizing for their Kavanaugh coverage -- and by providing some fact-checking about their own political motivations.
What about the plagiarism charges against Biden that caused him to drop out of the 88 race?
You know the response from the left would be that Trump is a sexual offender. But Trump paid women for sexual favors. Big difference. Not that that’s morally superior but it shows that he didn’t violate women. Byedone and other leches are dirty filthy sexual predators. No different than the naked guy in a trench coat. They just used their power to take advantage of innocent vulnerable women. Unforgivable.
Uke Puke and spawn should be in a Ukraine prison. Running for POTUS? He’s dirty. He’s inarticulate.
America 2020. See clearly.
And the fact that he smeared the truck driver in the accident that killed his wife as a drunk driver, when the driver was in fact sober, and the accident was his wife’s fault?
If Biden was raping 5 year olds his candidacy would survive... between a corrupt press and voter fraud these thugs could elect a ham sandwich...
Let him get the nomination, it exposes the entire hypocrisy of the media.
I take exception with the title and the suggestion that Biden has (or ever had) any standards at all.
What planet does this guy live on? Get your head out of your ass, Ben. The days of trusting the media ended decades ago.
“There’s a serio-comic tenor to this whole situation.”
Yes. It’s hilarious how people who were most vociferous in support of the MeToo movement (Kirsten Gillibrand, for example) are jumping on the bandwagon to support Biden (which shouldn’t come as a surprise, as they all supported Bill Clinton and demeaned his accusers, way back when).
My NY State Senator, Democrat Brad Hoylman, was hollering a while ago that the Metropolitan Opera, which is in his district, should terminate relations with Placido Domingo forevermore, and if they didn’t do so forthwith, then the General Manager of the Met, Peter Gelb, should be fired. It’ll be hilarious to see him endorse Biden.
If it weren’t for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all.
Joe Biden's Stealth Nipple Pinch
Think About The Many Parents Who Quietly Stand By And Let This Pervert Molest Their Children In Public
This Little Victim Had More Sense Than All the Adults In The Room Who Were Preoccupied Busy Kissing Biden's Rear End
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