New York Times edits Biden sexual assault coverage, deletes references to past inappropriate 'hugs, kisses and touching'

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The New York Times stealth-edited its article on the sexual-assault allegation against Joe Biden by his former Senate staffer Tara Reade just minutes after it was published on Sunday morning, removing all references in a key paragraph to the multiple past accusations by seven women that the former vice president had touched them inappropriately.

The Times piece also focuses on unrelated sexual misconduct accusations against President Trump, and largely dismisses Reade's allegations as uncorroborated by her co-workers -- even though the Times notes later in its piece that Reade's claim was contemporaneously corroborated by two of Reade's friends.

According to a copy of the Times' article saved by the Internet archive Wayback Machine, the Times originally reported: "No other allegation about sexual assault surfaced in the course of reporting, nor did any former Biden staff members corroborate any details of Ms. Reade’s allegation. The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable."

That paragraph now reads: "No other allegation about sexual assault surfaced in the course of reporting, nor did any former Biden staff members corroborate any details of Ms. Reade’s allegation. The Times found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden."

 

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyt-stealth-edits-biden-sexual-assault-coverage-to-remove-references-to-past-inappropriate-hugs-kisses-and-touching

 

Looks like election season narrative driving is under way, so can look forward to continuous deep-sixing of articles (and sections of articles) critical of Biden.

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well he is the heir apparent.  time to clean up all of that stuff and put lipstick on the pig.

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31 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

put lipstick on the pig

I didn't know that Hillary wore lipstick...

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Does this really surprise anyone?

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6 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

the pig

Bill Clinton stepped off Air Force One with a pig under each arm.

"What are you doing with those, sir?" asked his greeter.

"I got them for Hillary!" said Bill.

"Good trade, sir!"

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Half-sincere people trying to figure out the #BelieveWomen equation.

Edited April 13, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

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3 hours ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

 

 

Half-sincere people trying to figure out the #BelieveWomen equation.

Always love a Hangover reference.

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-biden-assault-accuser-tara-reade

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CNN ignores Biden’s sex assault allegation, in stark departure from Kavanaugh standard

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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.

 

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-accuser-tara-reade-never-vote-national-election-again

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Biden accuser Tara Reade vows never to vote 'in a national election again... I will not vote for Joe Biden'

 

Reade, who was a staff assistant in Biden's office at the time, said she wasn't aware of any direct witnesses to the encounter.

She told The Associated Press she did raise accusations of sexual harassment, but not assault, against Biden in multiple meetings with her supervisors. She filed a police report in Washington this past Thursday saying she was the victim of a sexual assault by an unnamed person in 1993, a copy of which the AP obtained.

Reade's story first resurfaced in an article in The Intercept. Podcast host Katie Halper then interviewed Reade, who said that in 1993, a more senior member of Biden’s staff asked her to bring the then-senator his gym bag near the Capitol building, which led to the encounter in question.

"He greeted me, he remembered my name, and then we were alone. It was the strangest thing," Reade told Halper. "There was no like, exchange really. He just had me up against the wall."

 

 

The story gets pretty graphic if one finds out in detail, but either way, honestly makes no sense, and not surprisingly is politically timed, after almost 30 years, so, naturally one shouldn't believe a word of it without proof and go with the logical conclusion that this is a hit job. 

 

But for entertainment purposes, I encourage you read this page on the Daily Kos.. not for the article content, but for the vast majority of comments:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/26/1931699/-Joe-Biden-has-been-credibly-accused-of-rape 

 

"Biden is being swiftboated!"

"It's a right wing conspiracy.. fricken Kremlin agents!"

"Focus on Trump, not on Joe!"

"Not a single thing said is credible, no evidence"

 

Not that we needed it, but for those comically still on the fence about it, it's more affirmation that MeToo was at its best a joke, at its worst, as seen against Kavanaugh, a maliciously intended political weapon to beat opponents over the head with and destroy their lives. It didn't matter that, despite their stated intent, their weaponization of MeToo actually ruined taking women seriously on accusations, all that mattered was them getting their way and trying to stop Kavanaugh.

Edited April 14, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

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On 4/14/2020 at 5:19 PM, Burnt Reynolds said:

Relevant:

 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-biden-assault-accuser-tara-reade

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-accuser-tara-reade-never-vote-national-election-again

 

The story gets pretty graphic if one finds out in detail, but either way, honestly makes no sense, and not surprisingly is politically timed, after almost 30 years, so, naturally one shouldn't believe a word of it without proof and go with the logical conclusion that this is a hit job. 

 

But for entertainment purposes, I encourage you read this page on the Daily Kos.. not for the article content, but for the vast majority of comments:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/26/1931699/-Joe-Biden-has-been-credibly-accused-of-rape 

 

"Biden is being swiftboated!"

"It's a right wing conspiracy.. fricken Kremlin agents!"

"Focus on Trump, not on Joe!"

"Not a single thing said is credible, no evidence"

 

Not that we needed it, but for those comically still on the fence about it, it's more affirmation that MeToo was at its best a joke, at its worst, as seen against Kavanaugh, a maliciously intended political weapon to beat opponents over the head with and destroy their lives. It didn't matter that, despite their stated intent, their weaponization of MeToo actually ruined taking women seriously on accusations, all that mattered was them getting their way and trying to stop Kavanaugh.

That's the worst take. Just because some idiots are more worried about the campaign, doesn't change anything about the accusations against others.

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2 hours ago, sl1pstream said:

That's the worst take. Just because some idiots are more worried about the campaign, doesn't change anything about the accusations against others.

Now translate that to English please.

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Just now, Burnt Reynolds said:

Now translate that to English please.

People who ignore Biden's accusations are idiots and the other accusations are still credible, just like accusations against Biden are credible.

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7 minutes ago, sl1pstream said:

People who ignore Biden's accusations are idiots and the other accusations are still credible, just like accusations against Biden are credible.

holy circular arguments, batman.

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Just now, Ban Hammer said:

holy circular arguments, batman.

I literally had to repeat what I said in other words, of course it's circular.

 

Doesn't change the fact that Kavanaugh and the current president are also sexual predators.

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16 minutes ago, sl1pstream said:

People who ignore Biden's accusations are idiots and the other accusations are still credible, just like accusations against Biden are credible.

Neither accusations are credible, both had very specific timing behind their "allegations", they both have absolutely no proof, but Biden's accusations have at least some corroboration, also a police report, more transparency, far more reasons if anyone was to cater to this nonsense, to take it seriously. Ford's had absolutely zero, she was shown to be a Democrat fanatic, represented by Dem handpicked lawyers. No reasons at all to take it seriously, it was clearly a waste of time. Yet, one is dismissed in lightning speed by the MeToo magicians, another should destroy a man's reputation, life, and career, with an insane media circus trying to make nothing into a political scandal. It also wasn't the first time this was tried.. see Clarence Thomas. I would suggest a little less mental gymnastics.

 

8 minutes ago, sl1pstream said:

I literally had to repeat what I said in other words, of course it's circular.

 

Doesn't change the fact that Kavanaugh and the current president are also sexual predators.

 

That would be incorrect. People aren't sexual predators because you disagree with them. The left have always understood this, just threw it to the side in the era of orange man bad. It's believed that handing certain people this designation will facilitate it ruining them and giving the left their way. Thankfully, it failed for both Kavanaugh and Trump.

 

If you feel that strongly, please write it in print in the media so both can sue you for defamation. I certainly would.

Edited April 18, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

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Just now, Burnt Reynolds said:

Neither accusations are credible, both had very specific timing behind their "allegations", they both have absolutely no proof, but Biden's accusations have at least some corroboration, also a police report, more transparency, far more reasons if anyone was to cater to this nonsense, to take it seriously. Ford's had absolutely zero, she was shown to be a Democrat fanatic, represented by Dem handpicked lawyers. No reasons at all to take it seriously, it was clearly a waste of time. Yet, one is dismissed in lightning speed by the MeToo magicians, another should destroy a man's reputation, life, and career, with an insane media circus trying to make nothing into a political scandal. It also wasn't the first time this was tried.. see Clarence Thomas. I would suggest a little less mental gymnastics.

Except that it's really hard to come forward with something like that. Seeing them rise to a certain level of power and wanting to prevent that is a pretty good reason to finally step forward and tell their story.