I first saw this on Democracy Now - Tara Reade accused Joe Biden of rape and sexual assault.
And now we have the same old fight: to believe women or not to believe women. Some men are just waiting for a major news network to pick this up or for some excuse to say aha! we don't actually have to believe women! They're liars! I believe Tara. Will she be deemed credible by YangNews, CNN, or the hacks at MSNBC, or the fine civil folks at NPR? I don't know. I don't care. It's hard to come forward and be subjected to these immediate attacks of disbelief and opposition and even death threats. I understand why women don't report. Men still don't. WE have learned nothing.
Everyone in the wake of these things who are out of the gate unconvinced are suspect. Not suspect in a criminal way or anything like this, but tagged mentally as someone who is not safe, someone you wouldn't go to if you were in trouble, someone you can't trust with real things. I'm not talking about canceling, but you can't count on them when it counts. That circle gets smaller and smaller.
Here's the Democracy Now link:
https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2020/3/26
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/26/headlines/the_intercept_times_up_legal_defense_fund_refused_to_support_metoo_allegation_against_joe_biden
Katie Halper's video and tweet - she is from The Hill's The Rising and is who broke the story, I think?
https://twitter.com/kthalps/status/1242691746561167360?s=20
TIME’S UP SAID IT COULD NOT FUND A #METOO ALLEGATION AGAINST JOE BIDEN, CITING ITS NONPROFIT STATUS AND HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/
Ryan Grim at the Intercept addresses an objection to her name change as basis for not believing her.
https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1243199151673872389?s=20
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Intercept and other media measured for facts and bias in response to Howard Dean's tweet and suspicion of Reade and The Intercept.
https://twitter.com/Bern4Bern/status/1243561239705460736?s=20
Howard Dean may have deleted his tweet, so here it is:
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Outlets begin picking it up days after Democracy Now:
The Joe Biden sexual assault allegation is an integrity test for the Democratic Party
https://www.mic.com/p/the-joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation-is-integrity-test-for-the-democratic-party-22661534
JOE BIDEN'S SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSER WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK OUT WITHOUT FEAR OF 'POWERFUL MEN'
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-campaign-team-denies-past-sexual-assault-allegation-former-senate-staffer-1494794
Joe Biden Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Senate Aide In 1993
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-sexual-assault-tara-reade_n_5e7e69c8c5b6256a7a2a88f2
A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21195935/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation
And now we have the same old fight: to believe women or not to believe women. Some men are just waiting for a major news network to pick this up or for some excuse to say aha! we don't actually have to believe women! They're liars! I believe Tara. Will she be deemed credible by YangNews, CNN, or the hacks at MSNBC, or the fine civil folks at NPR? I don't know. I don't care. It's hard to come forward and be subjected to these immediate attacks of disbelief and opposition and even death threats. I understand why women don't report. Men still don't. WE have learned nothing.
Everyone in the wake of these things who are out of the gate unconvinced are suspect. Not suspect in a criminal way or anything like this, but tagged mentally as someone who is not safe, someone you wouldn't go to if you were in trouble, someone you can't trust with real things. I'm not talking about canceling, but you can't count on them when it counts. That circle gets smaller and smaller.
Here's the Democracy Now link:
https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2020/3/26
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/26/headlines/the_intercept_times_up_legal_defense_fund_refused_to_support_metoo_allegation_against_joe_biden
Katie Halper's video and tweet - she is from The Hill's The Rising and is who broke the story, I think?
https://twitter.com/kthalps/status/1242691746561167360?s=20
TIME’S UP SAID IT COULD NOT FUND A #METOO ALLEGATION AGAINST JOE BIDEN, CITING ITS NONPROFIT STATUS AND HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/
Ryan Grim at the Intercept addresses an objection to her name change as basis for not believing her.
https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1243199151673872389?s=20
******
Intercept and other media measured for facts and bias in response to Howard Dean's tweet and suspicion of Reade and The Intercept.
https://twitter.com/Bern4Bern/status/1243561239705460736?s=20
Howard Dean may have deleted his tweet, so here it is:
******
Outlets begin picking it up days after Democracy Now:
The Joe Biden sexual assault allegation is an integrity test for the Democratic Party
https://www.mic.com/p/the-joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation-is-integrity-test-for-the-democratic-party-22661534
JOE BIDEN'S SEXUAL ASSAULT ACCUSER WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK OUT WITHOUT FEAR OF 'POWERFUL MEN'
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-campaign-team-denies-past-sexual-assault-allegation-former-senate-staffer-1494794
Joe Biden Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Senate Aide In 1993
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-sexual-assault-tara-reade_n_5e7e69c8c5b6256a7a2a88f2
A sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm of controversy
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21195935/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation
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