Again more information is coming out. Details that give credit to Platner’s side of the story. The news doesn’t excuse him, but it sets up why he was at her house and why he was touching her. Again the media has a bias and it is being reported with that bias totally one sided. This report says he was wasted out of his mind black out drunk but again no proof of that. Was the woman here drinking also like the first woman was? I think Saagar is trying too hard to brand Platner, again we need more facts. As he said the woman is accusing Platner of a serious felony and now we need to see if this is going to be a trial in the media which is a slander hit job or a trial in court. The question I have is more going to come out. I like that on morning Joe the host asks for colaberating evedince. She asks what do you have to show him raping the victim? Again if he did it he needs to pay for his crime, I just don’t like how it is coming out, being played up in media, and the timing. Again the reporter admits he can’t produce any evidence. The therapist did not verify that it happened, yet that was reported. The very account I had heard about the exchange between the therapist and the victim has been proven out, it was not about the assault or at the time or the assault. The therapist said she did not recall the victim’s account of the assault but said she vaguely supports women who say they are assaulted. Therrapest keep notes, mine always have so why did she blank on the case details. This is looking a media hit job to drive a progressive candidate out of politics. Hugs
NOTE: Politico’s response to Breaking Points and Drop Site News on the gaps in reporting follows: “This story is based on extensive reporting and interviews and reflects our editorial standards. In interviews with us and in accounts she gave to other outlets, Jenny Racicot said that she told Graham Platner not to come to her home and that he nevertheless showed up there uninvited. POLITICO gave Platner and his campaign ample opportunity to respond to our reporting and to provide any information or documentation they believed contradicted it. If presented with information that materially challenges our reporting, we will report it.” Ryan and Saagar discuss exclusive reporting on key details missing from the Graham Platner story.
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OK, Scottie, I’m out. I cannot with the misogyny, anymore. I’m sorry, and I hope it doesn’t hurt you that I’m leaving, but I simply cannot. My best guess is that since you can still write these things you write, you won’t mind that I’m out the door. It’s been good, and I have nothing but well wishes for you. See ya.
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Hi Scottie. I’m trying to do a little catch up before bed. Heading to see my parents in the morning. I hope I can ask this of the readership in the most careful of ways, so please use 3rd person and “a friend of mine” type response where needed….
I’ve read a great deal of allegations of sexual abuse committed by politicians lately. I recall something in the past about “SAID” – sexual allegations in divorce – where false allegations are made, and I’ve also read about how powerful people see domination as part of their right, somehow. And, of course, we have the recent past entertainment industry issues, ie: caster’s couch, and I would also like to say that women can abuse men, and men can abuse men, so victims are not a single gender or age group. Having said all of that, is there a rise in abuse, a rise false allegations of abuse, or a rise in past abuses being brought to light???
One thing I do my best to be careful of at work is that I don’t allow any of the women to be talked disrespectfully to or about. Everyone jokes, and especially us “shop rats”, but there is a very distinct line. It is frightening to me as a man in management that someone would get out of line in such a way or that someone would make a false allegation. I say this more than because it would be very difficult from a management perspective; I say this because these are lives that can be destroyed, real pain, real heartache, real consequences. In the past, people were subjected to abuse and kept quiet about it as just a part of the life in that culture and time, and I know that while better received it is not so simple to say “this happened” and be believed.
ok, I’ve made a mess of this. But, one of the problems of our current world and one of the blessings – sort of a two-edged sword – is that we know of events that occur 100’s and 1000’s of miles away in the same ways that we hear about things that happen just a few miles away, or less. The “incidence rate” can seem higher for that reason, the facts can be muddied by short news time and prejudging, and in the end we sit there watching the news and don’t know what to believe.
Thanks!
Randy
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