Media Put Brett Kavanaugh Accuser on Prime Time TV, Refuses to Interview Tara Reade

Recently appointed New York Times media columnist Ben Smith has hit the ground running. Unlike his predecessor Jim Rutenberg, Smith manages to find alternative stories to attacking Fox News again and again. On Friday he dove in to the lack of press time for Tara Reade, who has accused likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault: “Why Won’t Television News Put the Accuser on the Air?” Smith performed a familiar columnist sleight-of-hand trick:-- More...