One of the things we’re seeing this morning is a new narrative developing that despite all of the flaws in the New Yorker hit piece on Kavanaugh, as evidenced by the New York Times this morning, Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer should be commended for admitting said flaws in their article:
Striking how virtually every talking point against the New Yorker story comes from the New Yorker story. One can question their decision to publish, but at least they showed their work as the math teachers would say
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) September 24, 2018
Great. Here’s a cookie for your bang-up job, but the New York Times had it right, not the New Yorker:
The New York Times severely undercuts second Kavanaugh accuser's allegation in the New Yorker. pic.twitter.com/lRVeJrpQKj
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) September 24, 2018
But this might turn into a bigger problem for Farrow and Mayer. Here’s Farrow being forced to defend his reporting on CNN this morning, saying the Kavanaugh piece “exceeds the evidentiary basis we’ve used in the past in several cases that were found to be very credible”:
“This is a fairly high level of evidence for this kind of a case …This exceeds the evidentiary basis we’ve used in the past in several cases that were found to be very credible,” says @RonanFarrow of his reporting on the new allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/Pl2hBOYaoL
— New Day (@NewDay) September 24, 2018
Whoa, buddy. Is that even true? The Kavanaugh piece met the same standard applied to “Weinstein, Schneiderman, Moonves, etc.?”:
Even if you think the NY’er piece is airtight, which would be strange of you, I can’t believe anyone believes the evidentiary standard in this story rises to the standard applied to Weinstein, Schneiderman, Moonves, etc. What is Ronan doing? https://t.co/vvq5PDhb0b
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 24, 2018
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“What is Ronan doing,” other than torching his good reputation:
Making up for Harvey Weinstein.
Just a guess. https://t.co/p5tRyNWE3p
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) September 24, 2018
Penance. https://t.co/bHWVeOMz6B
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) September 24, 2018
'Embarrassingly flimsy': Kimberley Strassel RIPS libs over Deborah Ramirez story https://t.co/G9H4is2UuM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 24, 2018
But it's NOT political! Guy Benson uses paragraph from NYT piece to completely NUKE Ramirez's credibility https://t.co/u069N77HBe
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 24, 2018
'Shame on you': Frank Rich and Judd Legum have nearly identical CREEPY AF takes on Brett Kavanaugh and children https://t.co/SG97lM08Sx
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 24, 2018
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