Updated: The New York Times finally covered Biden's rape accusations

lol..this just makes them look like they are covering for ByeDone which they are.

The article on the NYT article

The New York Times, which tried to sabotage Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's career with months of baseless #MeToo allegations - not only downplayed Joe Biden's well-documented history of unwanted physical contact with women on Sunday, they cast extreme doubt on a detailed sexual assault allegation by former Biden staffer Tara Reade.

The original article, which can be seen in the Wayback Machine 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, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that women previously said made them uncomfortable."

The current, stealth-edited version 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."

The article is web archived if you want to read the whole thing which I think you should because we're going to talking about this.

WASHINGTON — A former Senate aide who last year accused Joseph R. Biden Jr. of inappropriate touching has made an allegation of sexual assault against the former vice president, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee this fall.

The former aide, Tara Reade, who briefly worked as a staff assistant in Mr. Biden’s Senate office, told The New York Times that in 1993, Mr. Biden pinned her to a wall in a Senate building, reached under her clothing and penetrated her with his fingers. A friend said that Ms. Reade told her the details of the allegation at the time. Another friend and a brother of Ms. Reade’s said she told them over the years about a traumatic sexual incident involving Mr. Biden.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Biden said the allegation was false. In interviews, several people who worked in the Senate office with Ms. Reade said they did not recall any talk of such an incident or similar behavior by Mr. Biden toward her or any women. Two office interns who worked directly with Ms. Reade said they were unaware of the allegation or any treatment that troubled her.

Last year, Ms. Reade and seven other women came forward to accuse Mr. Biden of kissing, hugging or touching them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable. Ms. Reade told The Times then that Mr. Biden had publicly stroked her neck, wrapped his fingers in her hair and touched her in ways that made her uncomfortable.

Soon after Ms. Reade made the new allegation, in a podcast interview released on March 25, The Times began reporting on her account and seeking corroboration through interviews, documents and other sources. The Times interviewed Ms. Reade on multiple days over hours, as well as those she told about Mr. Biden’s behavior and other friends. The Times has also interviewed lawyers who spoke to Ms. Reade about her allegation; nearly two dozen people who worked with Mr. Biden during the early 1990s, including many who worked with Ms. Reade; and the other seven women who criticized Mr. Biden last year, to discuss their experiences with him.

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.
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Last year, Mr. Biden, 77, acknowledged the women’s complaints about his conduct, saying his intentions were benign and promising to be “more mindful and respectful of people’s personal space.”

In response to Ms. Reade’s allegation, Kate Bedingfield, a deputy Biden campaign manager, said in a statement: “Vice President Biden has dedicated his public life to changing the culture and the laws around violence against women. He authored and fought for the passage and reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act. He firmly believes that women have a right to be heard — and heard respectfully. Such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim: It is untrue. This absolutely did not happen.”

The article discusses what Tara says Biden did to her. You can read it if you're interested, but I'm not including it here.

Ms. Reade said she pulled away and Mr. Biden stopped.

“He looked at me kind of almost puzzled or shocked,” she said. “He said, ‘Come on, man, I heard you liked me.’”

At the time, Ms. Reade said she worried whether she had done something wrong to encourage his advances.

“He pointed his finger at me and he just goes: ‘You’re nothing to me. Nothing,’”she said. “Then, he took my shoulders and said, ‘You’re OK, you’re fine.’”

Mr. Biden walked down the hallway, Ms. Reade said, and she cleaned up in a restroom, made her way home and, sobbing, called her mother, who encouraged her to immediately file a police report.

Instead, Ms. Reade said, she complained to Marianne Baker, Mr. Biden’s executive assistant, as well as to two top aides, Dennis Toner and Ted Kaufman, about harassment by Mr. Biden — not mentioning the alleged assault.

The staff declined to take action, Ms. Reade said, after which she filed a written complaint with a Senate personnel office. She said office staff took away most of her duties, including supervising the interns; assigned her a windowless office; and made the work environment uncomfortable for her.
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Mr. Toner, who worked for Mr. Biden for over three decades, said the allegation was out of character for Mr. Biden. Other senators and office staffs had reputations for harassing women at work and partying after hours, according to those who worked in the office at the time. Mr. Biden was known for racing to catch the train to get home to Wilmington, Del., every night.

“It’s just so preposterous that Senator Biden would be faced with these allegations,” said Mr. Toner, who was deputy chief of staff when Ms. Reade worked in the office. “I don’t remember her. I don’t remember this conversation. And I would remember this conversation.”

A friend said that Ms. Reade told her about the alleged assault at the time, in 1993. A second friend recalled Ms. Reade telling her in 2008 that Mr. Biden had touched her inappropriately and that she’d had a traumatic experience while working in his office. Both friends agreed to speak to The Times on the condition of anonymity to protect the privacy of their families and their self-owned businesses.

Ms. Reade said she also told her brother, who has confirmed parts of her account publicly but who did not speak to The Times, and her mother, who has since died.
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Ms. Reade said she did not disclose the sexual assault allegation last year when she spoke out because she was scared. After her initial complaints were reported last year by a local California newspaper, Ms. Reade said she faced a wave of criticism and death threats, as well as accusations that she was a Russian agent because of Medium posts and tweets, several of which are now deleted, she had written praising President Vladimir Putin.

Remember that Tara tried to get support for both Warren and Harris, but neither campaign got back to her.

“Biden is not just a hugger,” Ms. Flores said. “Biden very clearly was invading women’s spaces without their consent in a way that made them feel uncomfortable. Does he potentially have the capacity to go beyond that? That’s the answer everyone is trying to get at.”

This is just the media doing what it does. Mumbling and jumbling facts and accusations of powerful people because they are just their mouthpieces. We know how they covered up Epstein's horrific and heinous history for decades. They covered up Weinstein's history too and who knows how many other people they have done this for? I got flack from one Twit who told me that the NYT has debunked Tara. I told him that they also told us that Saddam had WMDs. And gawd knows what other things they have covered up.

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- In other words, "We found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Biden, beyond sexual misconduct." So, now hugging kissing, and touching a women against her will is not that big of a deal according to NYT. Worse yet, they require "a pattern" to consider her charge. Disgusting.

We have seen how Biden has a pattern of doing just that.

- Umm. If those things made the women “uncomfortable,” isn’t that the very definition of sexual misconduct?

Just Russian bots, trolls and mean Bernie bros.

This is going to get legs. I'm going to have fun watching people who say that we have to believe women do back flips on this story.

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First, the statement by Biden's spokesperson:

In response to Ms. Reade’s allegation, Kate Bedingfield, a deputy Biden campaign manager, said in a statement: “Vice President Biden has dedicated his public life to changing the culture and the laws around violence against women. He authored and fought for the passage and reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act. He firmly believes that women have a right to be heard — and heard respectfully. 

That part I put in bold is exactly what the president of NOW said when she endorsed Biden a few weeks ago, trying to make him look like a dedicated feminist. It is a cynical sleight of hand they're trying to pull off there, hoping no one will notice.

VAWA was not a stand alone bill. It was included as a part of the infamous Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which Senator Joe Biden was instrumental in writing and enacting.

Bernie has sometimes been criticized for voting in favor of the 1994 Crime Bill. He said at the time that he did not like the Crime Bill. The reason he voted for it was specifically to vote for VAWA.

The Biden campaign, on the other hand, is trying to pretend that the Crime Bill doesn't exist.

My second comment is:

Take note of the author of the NYT article. It's that good old "Mean Girl" herself, former Black Rock investment analyst turned NYT propagandist Sydney Ember, who is well known for her many hit pieces attacking Bernie Sanders. This isn't the first time her writing has been subject to stealth editing.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/07/bernie-sanders-sydney-ember-new-york-...

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@Centaurea

Diane Ravitch tore ole Ember a new one on her lianas writing. Lyinaous? Whatever it's good to see real ones taking down an ad writer's work.

I'm seeing Twits saying that Biden's history with women started with the VAWA, but now I can tell others what they left out. Thanks for the ammo.

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Liar, liar, pants on fire.

Thinking about it, she's aptly named, isn't she? Pants on fire ... Sydney Ember ...

Biggrin

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It has a sequel already planned too.

· No doubt written by SymoneDSanders and almost Surgeon General DrBiden A foreword by Whoopi Goldberg

- My vote is for a blank book with Biden’s photo on the cover and the title “What Happened?”

- " What, uh... You know. The thing." followed soon after by "A lying, dog-faced pony soldier's story."

- The book will be called "Look it, fat. I'm not sedentary - the 20 minute workout for septuagenarians." Recommended by Oprah's book club.

giggling...

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@snoopydawg as it is hilarious.
The NYT has been off my radar for years. I think I was allowed a number of articles each month for free, but I unsubscribed for not merely lack of interest, because of disgust.
I believe Tara Reade.
Well, I used to wear a button that said "I believe Anita Hill".

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of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the pattern of sexual misconduct....."

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

to say anything at all. "

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A friend said that Ms. Reade told her about the alleged assault at the time, in 1993. A second friend recalled Ms. Reade telling her in 2008 that Mr. Biden had touched her inappropriately and that she’d had a traumatic experience while working in his office. Both friends agreed to speak to The Times on the condition of anonymity to protect the privacy of their families and their self-owned businesses.

Did you talk to those 2 women and if so then what did they tell you? Did they confirm Tara telling them what Biden did and if so why did you leave this out?

Instead, Ms. Reade said, she complained to Marianne Baker, Mr. Biden’s executive assistant, as well as to two top aides, Dennis Toner and Ted Kaufman

You spoke with Toner who denied it happened,, but did you speak to Baker and Kaufman to see what they remember? If not why not? If you did then again why did you leave this out?

And for gawd' sake why include this happy poo?

Mr. Biden was known for racing to catch the train to get home to Wilmington, Del., every night.

Because Joe was running for the train each night means that he couldn't have assaulted Tara during the day? Hmm you sexual assault covering harpie? There is a special place in hell for women who throw women who have accused men of sexual assault under the bus. Especially when your paper was on record believing Dr. Ford.

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… This MAY get some more MSM coverage. Just watching today's "the Five" on Fox News Channel, and I notice that Greg Gutfeld took a shot at the Times for the obvious hypocrisy in the way this has been covered. (Up to this point, Fox News people, including Tucker and Hannity, have, as far as I can tell, avoided the topic.) Maybe others will be less reluctant to chime in.

For myself, I am wondering if anyone will be able to dig up the report she claims to have filed with the DC Metropolitan Police. If that report somehow surfaces, her claims (which I happen to believe at this point) will seem even more credible. (Remember there was a similar New Haven police report that surfaced in the Kavanaugh situation, mainly to show the guy was out of control when engaged in excessive drinking, which I think was more his problem as opposed to a pattern of sexual misconduct that appears to be an issue with Biden.)

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@JCWeb … looks like Tucker is doing a segment on his show as well, while awaiting live COVID test results for Dr. Siegel, his in-house coronavirus expert.

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Sanders joins Biden livestream to give full-throated ENDORSEMENT,
13 Apr, 2020, RT.com

Bernie Sanders Proposes Emergency Version Of ‘Medicare For All’ For The Pandemic, Now off the campaign trail, the senator joined Rep. Pramila Jayapal to float a temporary universal health care program, huffpo, april 11, 2020

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Bernie never had any intention of actually becoming President - he just wanted his ideas to take root and spread, and was/is too pitifully naive to see that the DNC is spraying with Round-Up.

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There is no justice. There can be no peace.

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@TheOtherMaven Steve Miller spelled it all out for us:

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V6btl0ASu0]

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