I'm old and cynical enough that I really don’t expect the mainstream
media to be unbiased and fair, and especially not in an election year. But I
must say I am amazed at the level of hypocrisy exhibited around the recent sexual
assault accusation against Joe Biden by a former staffer, Tara Reade.
Now such accusations, coming decades after the fact, with no
witnesses or corroborating evidence, ought to be viewed with some skepticism,
especially if they conveniently just happen to emerge just in time to impact an upcoming
election. Yes, it may have happened. But then, it may not have. It's her word
against his. And I notice that the mainstream press is trying its best to
ignore the whole accusation.
Funny, though, when almost the same thing happened to a
recent Supreme Court nominee, who happened to be a conservative, the press was
all over it, absolutely convinced that the accusation was true even though the alleged
victim couldn’t remember the year or location of the assault, and the supposed witnesses
remembered no such event. And in fact,
Joe Biden himself asserted positively and publicly that such victims should always
be believed. I wonder if he still feels
that way?
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