Mainstream media paper over Tara Reade allegations against Joe Biden

Joe Biden was finally forced to go on the record on May 1 and strongly deny Tara Reade's allegations that he sexually assaulted her in 1993--but he was given an inexplicably easy ride by interviewer Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC. Biden was clear in refuting Ms Reade's allegations:

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Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden

"No it is not true. I am saying unequivocally it never happened and it didn't. It never happened"

Brzezinski's 20-minute interview followed shortly after a statement released by Biden claiming that the truth of Tara Reade's allegations could be established by conducting a document search in the National Archives to find any written complaint--as Reade alleged was made to her superiors. Amazingly, Biden was not asked one question by Brzezinski about corroborating witnesses the New York Times had interviewed--nor a potentially damning Larry King video that could collaborate Reade's account. The New York Times (NYT) had published a long article on April 12--updated on April 29: Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden, An enormous amount of investigative resources were undoubtedly deployed in what appeared to be a long and thorough report. People in Biden's office were interviewed. Their statements were published supporting no contemporaneous complaint had been made by Reade. A small section of the article stated:

"A friend said that Ms. Reade told her about the alleged assault at the time, in 1993. A second friend recalled Ms. Reade telling her in 2008 that Mr. Biden had touched her inappropriately and that she'd had a traumatic experience while working in his office. Both friends agreed to speak to The Times on the condition of anonymity to protect the privacy of their families and their self-owned businesses. Ms. Reade said she also told her brother, who has confirmed parts of her account publicly but who did not speak to The Times, and her mother, who has since died.

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The updated article made no mention of possible additional confirmatory evidence that had emerged on April 25 -- archival video supposedly of Reade's mother anonymously calling Larry King's show on CNN in 1993 and making a reference to what happened to her daughter. Why the NYT omitted to disclose this very vital evidence in its April 29 updated report is for the NYT to explain. Even worse – this NYT article was again updated on September 28 – but again there was no mention of the Larry King call. Ryan Grim reported on how he discovered the Larry King phone call in his April 25 article headlined: "NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING CREDIBILITY OF TARA READE'S ALLEGATION AGAINST JOE BIDEN EMERGES":

"In interviews with The Intercept, Reade also mentioned that her mother had made a phone call to "Larry King Live" on CNN, during which she made reference to her daughter's experience on Capitol Hill. Reade told The Intercept that her mother called in asking for advice after Reade, then in her 20s, left Biden's office. "I remember it being an anonymous call and her saying my daughter was sexually harassed and retaliated against and fired, where can she go for help? I was mortified," Reade told me. Reade couldn't remember the date or the year of the phone call, and King didn't include the names of callers on his show. I was unable to find the call, but mentioned it in an interview with Katie Halper, the podcast host who first aired Reade's allegation. After the podcast aired, a listener managed to find the call and sent it to The Intercept."

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The listener had found the needle in the haystack that should have sunk Biden's Presidential aspirations

The listener had found the needle in the haystack that should have sunk Biden's Presidential aspirations – as Grim continued:

On August 11, 1993, King aired a program titled, "Washington: The Cruelest City on Earth?" Toward the end of the program, he introduces a caller dialing in from San Luis Obispo, California. Congressional records list August 1993 as Reade's last month of employment with Biden's Senate office, and, according to property records, Reade's mother, Jeanette Altimus, was living in San Luis Obispo County. Here is the transcript of the beginning of the call: KING: San Luis Obispo, California, hello. CALLER: Yes, hello. I'm wondering what a staffer would do besides go to the press in Washington? My daughter has just left there, after working for a prominent senator, and could not get through with her problems at all, and the only thing she could have done was go to the press, and she chose not to do it out of respect for him. KING: In other words, she had a story to tell but, out of respect for the person she worked for, she didn't tell it? CALLER: That's true. Reade, after being read the transcript of the call, said that it gelled with her memory of it, and, after the video was surfaced, confirmed it is her mother's voice on the call. "Aww, I have not heard my mom's voice in awhile," she said.

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Biden's outright denial on MSNBC of Tara Reade's allegations does not sit with the Larry King call

Biden's outright denial on MSNBC of Tara Reade's allegations does not sit with the Larry King call. The mainstream media has shown no interest in asking Biden to reconcile the two.  It is the same kind of cover up currently being played out by the mainstream media in failing to report on Tony Bobulinski's accusations against the Biden family. Voters should bear this in mind when voting on November 3. Brzezinski, Bobulinski – Bideninski or Bidenoutski?

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