Man, PB, one of the more revealing of your posts.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:33 amMDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:13 amPlease don't say who I "like" or don't "like". I would not have voted for him for the SCOTUS position due to what I perceived as his weaseling under oath and his demeanor under pressure. But I bet he's typically a swell guy, good dad, etc and we'd get along just fine. He's more socially conservative than I am, and appears to be more partisan than I'd be comfortable with for a judge, but I'd be happy to have a beer with him, talk family, etc.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:05 am
Epstein and Weinstein are two good examples of this (Ralph Northam comes in a close 3rd here).
The attack on Kavanaugh was a disgrace, and anyone who has any interest in fairness would admit such. Every single instance of someone saying he did this or that has been thoroughly disproven and yet some still cling to the hope that a photo exists somewhere.... And again for posterity, I hate the guy's politics; he was done dirty by the DNC.
Ironically, he isn't nearly as 'conservative' as many on the Left feared; I'm surprised MDLax dislikes the guy; their politics are identical. Here is a great article by a very good author, Jane Coaston, to help explain this:
https://www.vox.com/2019/9/16/20868501/ ... icism-idea
BTW, best I recall Northam didn't 'abuse' any women. And the 'media' ripped him hard.
Seems to me that ripped Weinstein and Epstein really hard, deservedly...indeed that's how we actually know about these disgusting guys.
Now, it'd be fair to say that a whole lot of powerful folks, business associates, and 'friends' looked the other way, made excuses, etc...but blaming the media...who uncovered this stuff, believed the victims stories needed to be told?
Media went after Bill Clinton hard too...both during his original campaign, then Monica scandal.
Remember Gary Hart?
Should the culture have taken this stuff more seriously? You betcha...but blaming the media?
Every single instance I wrote about was uncovered by the feared right wing media of Bretitbart, RedState, The Federalist, etc... Only after the noise got too much, our national media was dragged into these stories kicking and screaming. You know that, MDlax...I respect you enough to know you know the deal. The media pendulum swings one way only excepting Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. No need to debate that point; we all know the truth (and I have a theory on it which has to do with who ends up at J-schools in universities, but that is a story for another day).
Compare those three cases to the Kavanaugh case. Example: Avenatti somehow finds a complete lunatic (Julie Swetnik) who alleges a situation which on its face was as absurd as UVA's 10 fraternity brothers raping a coed on broken glass. What did the media do? They had Avenatti on endlessly to discuss his client's allegations. It took them all of 5 minutes to book Avenatti for 24 hour interview cycles that lasted days. No fact checking, just repeating the stpry.
And what do people remember about Julie Swetnik? Only that she alleged she witnessed a 'gang rape' by Kavanaugh. No one knows she recanted. Jiminy Christmas.
Help me out on this, which media outed Bill Clinton or Gary Hart...Sean and Tucker???
Everyone else in the 'media' swing the other way???
Apparently that goes for the hard news folks at Fox (only a few actual journalists left).
Keep drinking from the right wing propaganda fire hose, PB.