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New Reporting Increases Doubts on Tara Reades Allegation Against Joe Bidenhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/tara-reade-joe-biden-allegation-reporting-vox-pbs-doubts.html
2. Reades friend admitted to lying to a reporter to fit Reades narrative. McGann spoke with one Reade friend, who told her last year that Biden had harassed Reade but had definitely not sexually assaulted her:
Last year, Reade encouraged me to speak with a friend of hers who counseled her through her time in Bidens office in 1992 and 1993. The friend was clear about what had happened, and what hadnt.
On the scale of other things we heard, and I feel ashamed, but it wasnt that bad. [Biden] never tried to kiss her directly. He never went for one of those touches. It was one of those, sorry you took it that way. I know that is very hard to explain, the friend told me. She went on: What was creepy was that it was always in front of people.
After Reade changed her allegation, McGann circled back to the friend, who explained that she had said something the friend knew to be false because Reade wanted to leave a layer there:
I spoke with Reades friend again this week. She said that Reade had told her about the alleged assault the week it happened in 1993. I asked the friend why, then, did she volunteer so explicitly that Biden never tried to kiss her or touch her inappropriately. It just organically rolled out that way, the friend said. [Reade] and I had many conversations a year ago about what her degree of comfort was. She wanted to leave a layer there, and I did not want to betray that. It just wasnt my place.
Omitting a relevant detail to protect your friend is one thing. Adding false detail is another.
PBS NewsHours report turns up several more problems.
3. All 74 Biden staffers NewsHour contacted did not know of any sexual assault. Of the 74 former Biden staffers NewsHour spoke with, 62 were female. None of the people interviewed said that they had experienced sexual harassment, assault, or misconduct by Biden, it reported, All said they never heard any rumors or allegations of Biden engaging in sexual misconduct, until the recent assault allegation made by Tara Reade.
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4. The physical geography does not line up with Reades claim. Her lawyer described the scene of the alleged assault as a semiprivate area like an alcove between the Russell building and the Capitol. NewsHour walked the route between those buildings and found no out-of-view areas, like an alcove. There are stairwells, which is not so different from an alcove that its impossible Reade mistook it for one. But NewsHour describes the route as a main thoroughfare, making it at least a somewhat unlikely location for a sexual assault.
musclecar6
(1,693 posts)To be one of those crazy wack jobs or been paid off by the republicans likely to stir shit up in the election. Im a lifelong womens advocate and with that said, unfortunately there are some women with a screw loose or just bad people who you cant trust as they wreak havoc on others. Its a shame cause women have enough of a problem getting a fair shake in life without having to deal with women who fuck it up for the rest.
Gothmog
(145,718 posts)BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)including independent journalist tried their damnedest to push this nasty smear. Their credibility is shot! They really should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
Green Line
(1,123 posts)I havent watched his show since and wont ever again.
BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)He's no different than Intercept or Greenwald. Coincidentally, they all seem to be journalist who are friendly to Putin.
PatSeg
(47,675 posts)The way he handled this story was disappointing on so many levels. A real journalist would have delved deeper and gotten a more complete picture. And it appears one didn't have to dig too deeply to find out what kind of a person Tara Reade was and is. Hayes just added to the right-wing narrative against Biden and presented the story if he was assuming it was true.
I haven't watched Hayes's show much the past couple of years, though there was a time when I really like him. I only saw that segment because it came at the end of his show and I was tuned in to watch Rachel. I definitely won't watch him again.
Bradshaw3
(7,536 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,536 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)so you tell a lie about something as serious as that?
Cha
(297,831 posts)Last edited Sun May 17, 2020, 12:40 AM - Edit history (1)
her?
Thanks for the correction, Me!
the friend was afraid of being caught out and proven a liar.
Cha
(297,831 posts)I edited my post to change "his" to "her" and "him" to "her".
Thank you!
Gothmog
(145,718 posts)Cha
(297,831 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,530 posts)This woman is nuttier than squirrel shit and a world class liar and grifter. She should probably be in jail or institutionalized. Also, I feel for the horse who had to haul her around. Poor thing.
Aviation91
(114 posts)Next shell claim she made a mistake and it was in a stairwell!
Tara Reade is a chronic liar!!