Search Results for: "cain allegations"
How do you fight back?
I’ve long had a special interest in the topic of false accusations—or rather, how to tell false from true, when the only evidence is the word of one party against another. Whether the charge be date rape, recovered memories of … Continue reading →
The press and the non-politician candidate
For the moment the issue in the Cain sexual harassment case has become “Cain should have been ready to answer these charges. So this shows he’s not ready for prime time.” It’s a good point, but not a great one. … Continue reading →
Politico’s Alexander Burns trips himself up…
…but will anyone notice? According to Burns, Herman Cain has been contradicting himself in his descriptions of what he remembers about the sexual harassment charges against him in the 90s [emphasis mine]: Herman Cain once again revised his account of … Continue reading →
The Walpin firing
The Walpin firing should be a big big story: heavy-handed executive overreach by the President in order to protect a political supporter from charges against him. Right now it’s not. The NY Times? So far it’s offering the sound of … Continue reading →
You know the Times has egg on its face…
…when the San Francisco Chronicle gives it a tongue-lashing for publishing gossip. Ouch. The Chronicle adds: Regrettably, the Times left itself and our profession open to such allegations of bias by publishing soft-focus evidence of what would be an outrageous … Continue reading →