More like Side3: Bad Things will happen sooner or later. So the report of a Bad Thing at a politically useful time is helpful even if it’s loosely supported. Be

More like Side3: Bad Things will happen sooner or later. So the report of a Bad Thing at a politically useful time is helpful even if it’s loosely supported. Because Bad Thing will happen eventually regardless. Edit: I don’t think the time of the reports was particularly helpful. The day before the story was verified, someone had published an op-Ed in NYTimes titles “Laugh at my abortion with me.” Nobody’s laughing about a preteen being raped.