As Twitchy told you earlier, a woman named Cristina King Miranda claimed in a tweet (which she subsequently deleted) that she knew both Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford and remembers people talking about the alleged incident in school “for days” — despite Ford saying that she never told anyone about the incident when it happened:
Miranda later said that she wasn’t sure she was “interested in pursuing” the matter any further. And then — and then — she offered up this attempt to “clarify”:
To all media, I will not be doing anymore interviews. No more circus. To clarify my post: I do not have first hand knowledge of the incident that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford mentions, and I stand by my support for Christine. That's it. I don't have more to say on the subject.
— Cristina King Miranda (@reinabori) September 19, 2018
She didn’t have any more to say. But that just didn’t serve NBC News’ purposes, so they decided to run with Miranda’s story anyway.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) September 19, 2018
NEW: A former schoolmate of Dr. Ford writes on social media that she recalls the alleged Kavanaugh assault incident being discussed at their school, but adds that she has no first-hand information to corroborate the accuser's claims. https://t.co/pG5LOxuzG0
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) September 19, 2018
NEW: A former schoolmate of Dr. Ford writes on social media that she recalls the alleged Kavanaugh assault incident being discussed at their school, but adds that she has no first-hand information to corroborate the accuser's claims. https://t.co/dEa1fURH9M
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 19, 2018
And they were kind enough to leave several holes in their coverage:
.@KenDilanianNBC leaves out of this story that Ford in her therapist notes disclosed she never mentioned the incident to anyone prior to that session in 2012. Now why would he omit that? https://t.co/ZzDYSG6e7w
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 19, 2018
Incredible pic.twitter.com/3okeF6N65v
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 19, 2018
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 19, 2018
How do you like that?
MSNBC is running with this, unverified, after the author deleted her posts and is refusing interviews https://t.co/raJ1MXW69P
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) September 19, 2018
NBC News even undermines their own headline with the subhed:
NBC News’ article is officially pointless.
It's peak NBC News to run with this story after this person deleted her Facebook and Twitter posts and admitted she has no firsthand knowledge of the incident. All she did was hurt Dr. Ford by deciding to play publicity hound out of the blue. https://t.co/a22xw2I83k
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) September 19, 2018
By the time @NBCNews posted this, the schoolmate took down her post, admitted no first hand knowledge of the incident that Ford mentions, and said she'll do no interviews; yet NBC headlines: "Accuser's schoolmate says she recalls hearing of alleged Kavanaugh incident". Well done! https://t.co/4b87A9HSqp
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 19, 2018
MSNBC is running wild with a random Facebook post that contradicts Ford's claims, the author deleted the note and won't take interviews… but hey let's hurt a Trump SCOTUS appointee no matter what https://t.co/IOiOuKtrnk
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) September 19, 2018
I have this great story on a Ford classmate.
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She has this Facebook post…
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…that has since been deleted…
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…and now she says she doesn’t know about the incident…
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…and refuses to answer any more questions about it…
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Something tells me the media's approach to this would be far different if the accusation was against a liberal judge (hell, it probably wouldn't even be deemed worthy of mentioning) https://t.co/xpW8BjqY4H
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) September 19, 2018
Yeah, we get that feeling, too.
Jesus Christ.
How on earth did NBC think it was a good idea to publish this article? https://t.co/8PhnReNt3R
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 19, 2018
This story is hugely flawed and should never have been published https://t.co/KrUQWnGhpA
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) September 19, 2018
Indeed. So why did it get published?
Oh, right. Because narrative.
Oh, biased hack @KenDilanianNBC wrote that pile of garbage.
I should have known. https://t.co/I2waM6EX3L
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 19, 2018
Ken Dilanian has a habit of being full of it.
A number of former prosecutors and FBI agents have said today that people who make up allegations tend not to demand that the FBI investigate them.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) September 19, 2018
Sure, buddy.
They might if they’re not making it up but are mistaken. They also might if they KNOW the FBI has already said they won’t investigate. Or if they know there isn’t anything to find. This is a bad take. https://t.co/pQqhrS0Rzw
— BombshellSquad (@RedStateBlonde) September 19, 2018
Is “a number of” their birth names? Why not name them? If they’re all on the payroll of @MSNBC I could see why you’d omit it. https://t.co/rtAKDe3ayF
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) September 19, 2018
We can’t wait to find out how this latest eff-up is Fox News’ fault.
I mean…how can any respectable news service do this?
Attn: @chucktodd https://t.co/xUInYLhJpe
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) September 19, 2018
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