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McConnell Criticizes Media for Discrepancies in Covering Allegations Against Biden, Kavanaugh

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) became one of the highest-profile figures to highligh..

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) became one of the highest-profile figures to highlight the discrepancies in media coverage of sexual assault allegations against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

“At the very least, its pretty obvious that the same people who were outraged about allegations—unproven allegations against Justice Kavanaugh when he was in high school—seem to have little or no interest, or certainly not as much interest, in suggestions of improper behavior by an adult who is in the Senate. I think these things ought to be dealt with symmetrically,” McConnell said during an interview on Fox News Radio on April 27.

“I think what most Americans would like is sort of a symmetrical evaluation of these allegations rather than what we have seen, at least so far.”

Just before being nominated to the nations highest court in 2018, Kavanaugh faced allegations of sexual misconduct while he was in high school and college. Those claims suffered from no corroboration, and he was eventually confirmed, but not before major outlets ran dozens of stories suggesting malfeasance and largely aligning with Democratic lawmakers opposition to his confirmation.

The same outlets have run or aired few stories about Tara Reade, a former staffer for Biden when he was a U.S. Senator in the early 1990s.

According to a study by the watchdog Media Research Center, neither NBC nor ABC have aired stories about Reade, while CBS spent one minute, three seconds on the allegations, MSNBC spent under five minutes, PBS spent just over seven minutes, and CNN spent no time until a video resurfaced relating to the accusations.

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US Senator Joseph Biden (L), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, whispers on July 20, 1993, to judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg shortly before his committee began Ginsburgs confirmation hearing for the position of associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Jennifer Law/AFP via Getty Images)

Besides having a proven link to Biden—unlike every woman that accused Kavanaugh—several recent pieces of evidence have supported Reades claims, including two women going on the record relaying how she spoke of the alleged assault within three years of it happening.

Attempts to reach Reade and Biden for comment have been unsuccessful.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president has not been asked about Reades accusations during his media appearances in recent weeks, including interviews with Politico, CBS 4, and MSNBC. Bidens campaign has said Biden believes “women have a right to be heard—and heard respectfully.”

“Such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim: It is untrue. This absolutely did not happen,” campaign spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield said in a statement sent to news outlets.

Several prominent lawmakers who were once running for the Democratic nomination and endorsed Biden after dropping out have faced questions about Reades accusation. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) told NPR that “all women in these cases have the right to be heard and have their claims thoroughly reviewed.”

The Epoch Times

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