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Oh, I am sure they are shaking in their boots. 
They actually reported the news as it came out.  They reported her statements.  They reported the Biden campaign statement.  [b]That is what the media is supposed to do - report[/b].  
The reporters did not editorialize.  They reported.

This is NOT what other media did.  The story had been "out there" for a month before some of the media even acknowledged it.  And, don't try to explain this away as "Well, they were investigating it."  Nope.  It doesn't work.  Their job is not to decide who is telling the truth. It is to report the statements and let the consumer decide.

And, if you want to go the "fake news" route.... we can talk about CNN and MSNBC and nearly 3 years of fake news when it came to Russia and the Trump campaign.  And, there have been NO retractions from these networks.  [/quote]

You seem to have a different opinion about what reporting is that most journalists and many people who are media consumers.  What you call reporting is just documenting what happened.  That is not reporting.  Reporting is not just documenting what happens, but also researching information about what happened, verifying that what is said or done is in fact true and making sure to present things in context.  Journalists should be able to give you a whole story, not just a scene.

So, reporting is not just videotaping someone on a soapbox.  If you do that, then you're just letting that person proselytize their view.  Presenting something out of context is editorializing it instead of reporting it.  Real journalists pride themselves on trying to research a story and ensure that the snippets of video or recording actually get presented in context and actually inform the audience what is going on.  But journalistic standards have been dropping steadily over the last several years.  Social media and social documentary are the norm rather than journalism.

Tara Reade's story was not journalism.  That was just a part of the story and without researching, confirming and investigating, it was just an allegation not a full story.[/quote]

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