OK, we really thought the media had hit rock bottom with TIME’s piece suggesting that after the accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh surfaced, “the row of young girls [behind him at his hearing], legs bare in their private-school skirts, looked different now.” What, are they trying to suggest he’s a pedophile now?
Like we said, we thought the media had hit rock bottom, but it’s a race between TIME and HuffPost, which offered up the hot take Thursday that Judge Kavanaugh liked to have his female clerks dress a certain way: “outgoing.” A fetish he had, perhaps?
Two professors gave advice to the young woman as she sought a clerkship. She was told to avoid Judge Alex Kozinski, and she was advised to dress "outgoing" for Kavanaugh. https://t.co/d7Lt5HguIz
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) September 20, 2018
Travis Lenkner, who clerked for Kavanaugh in 2007 and 2008, said the idea that Kavanaugh had a certain look in mind for female clerks is absurd.
“There’s only one ‘look’ that is a requirement in Judge Kavanaugh’s chambers for men and women,” he said. “And that is that a suit is required every day. It’s a formal chambers in a formal courthouse.”
Go on …
Giving law students advice on what to wear to an interview isn’t terribly odd, but the particular warning about Kavanaugh is unusual, said Vivia Chen, a senior columnist at The American Lawyer magazine who writes about gender and the legal profession. Typically the advice would be more general, like wear a nice suit, she said.
“It sounds sexist,” Chen said. “If you’re going into that kind of detail, it sounds like the judge has a fetish, frankly, and that the law professors are feeding the fetish.”
Wow, this is really a stretch. No surprise Ashley Feinberg contributed to the report.
Funny how the article you wrote SPECIFICALLY SAYS that no inappropriate behavior on the part of Kavanaugh was noted. Nice hit piece headline, jackals.
— Econ 101 ?➡️☠️ (@MURedskn) September 20, 2018
You should change your headline, or prepare to get dragged for your obvious hitjob header.
— AtlasShrugged and Wants the #SnyderCut (@DaveMBP) September 20, 2018
Huffpost Politics doesn't show in their headline, but the only person who talked about Kav's dress-code, said it was "professional". But if you don't read the article…the headline is all the proof needed against him. https://t.co/z6beH2AY4w
— AtlasShrugged and Wants the #SnyderCut (@DaveMBP) September 20, 2018
In other words, Kavanaugh wants to hire people who dress professionally and this woman never heard anything else? This is nothing but a hit job
— Space Eternal Dreg of Society Elf (@TheRogue_Elf) September 20, 2018
Obviously that makes him a rapist https://t.co/QhEL67bNkV
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@CutItOutPutin) September 20, 2018
This is pure character assassination and makes the press even less relevant.
— Cactus Rose (@Cactusrose5) September 20, 2018
The only named clerk who provided a statement:
“There’s only one ‘look’ that is a requirement in Judge Kavanaugh’s chambers for men and women,” he said. “And that is that a suit is required every day. It’s a formal chambers in a formal courthouse.” https://t.co/0JzdFzibfx
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) September 20, 2018
No quotes from Kavanaugh.
No quotes from the professors.
No details of dress.
Only speculation:“It sounds sexist,” Chen said. “If you’re going into that kind of detail, it sounds like the judge has a fetish, frankly, and that the law professors are feeding the fetish.” https://t.co/0JzdFzibfx
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) September 20, 2018
The most controversial aspect of this 'Kavanaugh dress code' story is the report from unnamed sources a female professor (only quoted as dismissing the underlying claim) advised female students on how to best dress for an interview.https://t.co/HAUQ8p3dDG pic.twitter.com/a1z7LF0dmH
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) September 20, 2018
This is their smoking gun, folks.
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@CutItOutPutin) September 20, 2018
I am failing to understand how any of this is "troubling" or has any relevance to Kavanaugh's confirmation, even if 100% true.
— Drew Shirley You Can't Be Serious ✈️ (@DrewShirleyShow) September 20, 2018
Well, the press has to do most of the heavy lifting until Christine Blasey Ford agrees to testify under oath, so they work with what they have.
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'REPULSIVE'! TIME sickens with 'possibly the worst thing written about' Brett Kavanaugh https://t.co/3JbiRzB7IG
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 20, 2018
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