So anyone have a timecheck on this yet?

[WinstonSmith4740]

Just wondering how much time the press has spent so far flogging this Tara Reade allegation, as opposed to how much time they spent on all the Trump allegations collectively. I'm guessing it's already more. I'm not saying this should be swept under the rug, but it's been looked at. It's been investigated by the people who do this for a living. There's no there there.

Trump will continue to push this. Reporters SHOULD look at him, say "Seriously?" and walk away. But they won't.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They're just looking for controversy, and especially something juicier

than the damn virus. Fortunately it's only May and they'll eventually find another bone to chew on.

[Walleye]

2. Sex still sells

[Pantagruel]

3. Ronan Farrow

is an expert on this verification process and he wants nothing to do with Reade.

[WinstonSmith4740]

6. I read that.

He and his collaborators all spoke with her. They wouldn't touch it. Neither would a number of law firms and women's groups, including #Metoo. A couple said she was looking for PR, not legal representation. I don't remember who he was talking to, but Chuck Todd was talking to a democratic legislator and tried to get him to agree that this whole thing was a "He said, she said" issue, and we'd never get the truth. The guy knocked him back. Said, no...this is "he said, she said" it was investigated by a number of different entities, and the allegations didn't hold up. Of course, Todd insisted upon a false equivilancy. Her story has changed a number of times...it started to escalate when she hooked up with the Sanders camapign and hit critical mass when Biden clinched the nomination.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/1/1941736/-Tara-Reade-s-apparent-lies-are-a-betrayal-to-ALL-survivors

[abqtommy]

4. We should just stop expecting the U.S. media to be anything but complicit in dealing with

tRUMP. The media is part of the problem, not part of the solution...

[stillcool]

5. there can't be a person on the planet..

that doesn't know what the cable shows do, on a daily basis....but nothing they say or do matters. They still have an audience, so they still can influence people whichever way they want. The lack of competition ensures their place. It is interesting to see what stories even make it to the newspapers these days, let along the tv screen. I wonder how the virus has affected the real-er industry of journalism?