We don’t really have to look back and see how the media covered allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, do we?
BUSTED: The NYT stealth-edited the 'deep dive' into the sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden https://t.co/d2onVUc6YR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 12, 2020
The article itself takes a very soft touch on Biden, and then they stealth edited the article, then deleted the tweet when they realized that the information was still in the tweet because it had some “imprecise information”. And then here’s the Washington Post, with a story way down the web front page
Sexual assault allegation by former Biden Senate aide emerges in campaign, draws denial
A California woman who last year said Joe Biden touched her neck and shoulders when she worked in his Senate office in 1993 is now accusing him of sexually assaulting her that year in a semiprivate area of the Capitol complex, an allegation the Biden campaign strongly denies.
The Washington Post has been examining Tara Reade’s allegation over the past three weeks, since she said on a podcast that Biden had pinned her against a wall, reached under her skirt and pushed his fingers inside her. At the time, she was a 29-year-old staff assistant.
In other words, the WP has been in deep consultation with the Biden campaign, Media Matters, and other hard left organizations to figure out how to protect Joe.
The Post has interviewed Reade on multiple occasions — both this year and last — as well as people she says she told of the assault claim and more than a half-dozen former staffers of Biden’s Senate office.
In interviews with The Post last year, Reade said that Biden had touched her neck and shoulders but did not mention the alleged assault or suggest there was more to the story. She faulted his staff, calling Biden “a male of his time, a very powerful senator, and he had people around saying it was okay.â€
She acknowledged in more recent interviews that she twice voted for the Obama-Biden ticket, saying she strongly supported their political positions. Since January, Reade has been a vocal supporter of Biden’s former rival Bernie Sanders. She said political considerations played no role in her decision to raise the sexual assault allegation.
You can see that protecting Joe is where this is going, right? That they are pretty much calling Reade a liar, or at least an exaggerator, because Handsy Joe is always handsy, sniffing hair, etc.
Last spring, as Biden was preparing to formally enter the presidential race, about a half dozen women came forward with stories of unwanted touching or displays of affection. None alleged sexual assault.
Among them was Lucy Flores, who said that in 2014 the then-vice president touched and kissed the back of her head during her campaign for Nevada’s lieutenant governor.
Biden pledged to be “more respectful of people’s personal space.†But he joked about the criticism two days later, and he has remained physically affectionate during campaign events, where some supporters ask for hugs.
See, Joe is just affectionate. And thinks these allegations are a joke.
Should she be believed? The burden of proof is on her. She has filed a police report, but, this is America: innocent till proven guilty. Of course, in the era of #MeToo, people like Biden will be protected because of politics, while there will be an attempt to ruin the lives of other people, sometimes successful. They conveniently do not “believe all women” when it is inconvenient to “believe all women.”
