It seems like only yesterday — in fact it was yesterday — that we were ragging on The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake for trying to make a controversy out of President Trump saying, “I remember Pearl Harbor” — even though Trump hadn’t been born yet and wasn’t present at Pearl Harbor.
And here were are one day later, and we’re struck by the framing of a story about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos … it’s almost as if The Post were trying to generate outrage by making it sound like DeVos was empowering rapists on college campuses.
BREAKING: Betsy DeVos is "preparing new policies on campus sexual misconduct that would bolster the rights of students accused of assault, harassment or rape."https://t.co/23O83xw7sZ
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 29, 2018
Yes, it called “due process” and it’s a concept that many college campuses thought they could do away with, with so much toxic masculinity floating around on campus — just look at the protests outside a frat house at the University of Virginia, where thousands gathered out of anger over a since-debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape that never happened.
… this is an aggressively misleading tweet. Enjoy the retweets.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) August 29, 2018
It is a quote from the story.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 29, 2018
And you selected it to intentionally goad people into thinking Devos ❤️s protecting rapists. Why?
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) August 29, 2018
It is the first thing mentioned in the first paragraph and the most substantial change — one that people will likely debate and plenty will applaud out of due-process concerns.
You are inferring a motive that simply isn't there.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 29, 2018
“A motive that simply isn’t there.” Yeah, well journalists actually believe they aren’t politically biased, either.
Your history of being…. uncharitable…. toward Devos leads me to conclude otherwise but again, enjoy the retweets.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) August 29, 2018
Media coverage of DeVos and Title IX reform last fall was indeed uncharitable and led the unhinged to tweet crap like this:
A lawyer by the name of Rob Ranco (@RancoLaw) just made a name for himself tonight. pic.twitter.com/AMDg55sLOL
— William Davis (@davis1988will) September 9, 2017
But we’re sure this tweet from Blake won’t set off those already primed to explode.
We see what you did here. Again stuff like this is why people don’t trust the media and really makes @realDonaldTrump point when he calls you fake and having a bias.
— jeremydehner??? (@jeremydehner) August 29, 2018
"Bolsters the right of due process."
Fixed it for you
— Turbo (@turbocheetoh) August 29, 2018
Due Process. How does it work?
My headline > Yours.
— Randy Wortinger (@randicus79) August 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/kebejay/status/1034917929484148736
Due process is supposed to be the American way. Unless we want to go back to the days of the Salem witch trials and just convict the accused by whichever way the mob winds blow.
— JamieRJN (@JamieRJN) August 29, 2018
Isn't that called "due process?"
Radical, crazy idea, that.— Matt Arnold (@1stFreeMatt) August 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/Conf_Electorate/status/1034926341529972736
This is good. Due process being essentially banned from Universities is one of the more heinous things to come out of the Obama administration.
— Ceara McCord, Gender Traitor and Shameless Fujoshi (@GyakutennoMeg) August 29, 2018
You mean due process?
Ermagherd how scary. Not.
— Mountaineer Libertarian (@MehLibertarian) August 29, 2018
Good. When false accusations occur, the accuser should face the same consequences the accused would have faced due to their lies. Not just for sexual accusations. Any false accusation. If I accuse you of theft and put your freedom at risk, then my freedom should be at risk.
— Backpagenews ⭐⭐⭐ (@Backpagenews2) August 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/LisaMarieDucky/status/1034906533643972609
https://twitter.com/Yeet98102208/status/1034908359651151873
It’s called innocent until proven guilty. Campuses are not equipped to undertake law enforcement duties. These crimes should be adjudicate in the courts, not on the Campus.
— Opinionated Witch (@smokenashes911) August 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/fazekas996/status/1034923740809887749
OH NO! Who would have thought that bringing back due process would so terrible…
— J. Ryan (@JRyan1790) August 29, 2018
Due process, how frightening for leftists.
— KyleF (@KF1776FIKLE) August 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/CensorshipF8k/status/1034903967451496450
You misspelled "respect the rights of accused"
I know progressive democrats don't believe individuals have rights, but thankfully we have a constitution that spell them out pretty clearly. Too bad they didn't have memes back then for your readers to understand.
— Jake R. (@jaker1419) August 29, 2018
She’s restoring due process rights for the accused which we should all support
— mick j (@mfjak) August 29, 2018
Good. I want this, especially with a young son in college.
— WDMoor (@wdmoor) August 29, 2018
Jesus Christ, DeVos wants to bring back due process? IMPEACH!!!
— Eric Demamp (@ericdemamp) August 29, 2018
Related:
'Partisan HACK'! WaPo's Aaron Blake BECLOWNS himself with LAME attempt at busting Trump https://t.co/IuBvvhJLAP
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 28, 2018
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