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That's not how it works in practice, though. Right-wing sources are known to simply make stuff up to fit their worldview. Your example is problematic, because

That's not how it works in practice, though. Right-wing sources are known to simply make stuff up to fit their worldview. Your example is problematic, because the left is willing to hold its leaders accountable and the right simply isn't. If Bernie is discovered to have ever harassed a woman, he'd have to resign in disgrace. With that background, you have to start with the assumption that the right wing site is making things up and find a reliable source that isn't itself sourcing only from the right wing media universe, as the mainstream media is sometimes known to do.

boppo1 4y ago
> left is willing to hold its leaders accountable Horseshit. Pelosi is insider trading like her life depends on it. The leaders on the left generally don’t seem as dangerous to me, but your statement is hilariously false.
deepdriver 4y ago
Predators and power politics know no party. I guess I'm old, but I still remember: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_assault_and_misconduct_allegations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_assault_an... And this headline from 2015: https://observer.com/2015/03/the-jeffrey-epstein-affair-imperils-hillary-clintons-presidential-prospects/ https://observer.com/2015/03/the-jeffrey-epstein-affair-impe... In fact the Clinton-Epstein relationship didn't "imperil Hillary Clinton's Presidential prospects" at all, because none of the major networks reported on it. An ABC reporter had the full story including the Clinton connection as early as 2015, but was told to quash it: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/469042-abcs-robach-caught-on-hot-mic-claiming-network-killed-epstein-story-3-years/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/469042-abcs-robach-caught... When Biden leaves office I'm sure we'll be allowed hear more about him, just as it's now become OK to discuss Clinton and Epstein on the mainstream left.

boppo1 4y ago

> left is willing to hold its leaders accountable Horseshit. Pelosi is insider trading like her life depends on it. The leaders on the left generally don’t seem as dangerous to me, but your statement is hilariously false.

deepdriver 4y ago

Predators and power politics know no party. I guess I'm old, but I still remember: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_assault_and_misconduct_allegations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_sexual_assault_an... And this headline from 2015: https://observer.com/2015/03/the-jeffrey-epstein-affair-imperils-hillary-clintons-presidential-prospects/ https://observer.com/2015/03/the-jeffrey-epstein-affair-impe... In fact the Clinton-Epstein relationship didn't "imperil Hillary Clinton's Presidential prospects" at all, because none of the major networks reported on it. An ABC reporter had the full story including the Clinton connection as early as 2015, but was told to quash it: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/469042-abcs-robach-caught-on-hot-mic-claiming-network-killed-epstein-story-3-years/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/469042-abcs-robach-caught... When Biden leaves office I'm sure we'll be allowed hear more about him, just as it's now become OK to discuss Clinton and Epstein on the mainstream left.