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Progressive podcast host Katie Halper slammed the mainstream
media on
Wednesday for its ongoing treatment of Joe Biden accuser Tara
Reade.

In a lengthy Twitter thread, Halper, who first spoke with Reade
on her
podcast "The Katie Halper Show" on March 25, responded to a
tweet made by
New York Times media columnist Ben Smith, who pointed out how
"remarkable"
it was that CNN or MSNBC have not booked Reade for a televised
interview.

"Thank you for pointing this out," Halper said. "The legacy
media’s lack
of, delay in, and then ultimately biased reporting on Tara
Reade, is
precisely why she, a progressive Democrat, who, as she told me,
is
'diametrically opposed' to Trump’s policies, is covered more by
Fox and
The Daily Caller [than] by CNN and MSNBC."

"The huge irony is that it’s the New York Times and Washington
Post,
allegedly objective outlets, have been the one's [sic] stealth
editing
their stories, openly taking editorial feedback from the Biden
campaign as
@nytimes executive editor Dean Baquet admitted to you, Ben, in
your
excellent q & a with him."

WASHINGTON POST CALLS ON BIDEN TO ADDRESS TARA READE SEX-ASSAULT
ALLEGATIONS, 'RELEASE RELEVANT RECORDS'

Halper was referring to the controversial edit The Times boss
defended
that omitted a reference of Biden's history of unwanted touching,
something Dean Baquet admitted the Biden campaign had influence
over
during a candid interview with Smith.


Katie Halper
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@kthalps
· Apr 29, 2020
Thank you for pointing this out. The legacy media’s lack of,
delay in, and
then ultimately biased reporting on Tara Reade, is precisely why
she, a
progressive Democrat, who, as she told me, is “diametrically
opposed” to
Trump’s policies, is covered more by Fox and The Daily... https://twitter.com/benyt/status/1255516332227006470 …

Ben Smith
?
@benyt
Tara Reade, two people tell me, has been turning down Fox
appearances for
many days. Kind of remarkable MSNBC or CNN hasn't just had her
on at this
point.


Katie Halper
?
@kthalps
Caller then by CNN and MSNBC. The huge irony is that it’s the
New York
Times and Washington Post, allegedly objective outlets, have
been the ones
stealth editing their stories, openly taking editorial feedback
from the
Biden campaign as @nytimes executive editor Dean Baquet...

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"It's obvious that editors are regurgitating Biden talking
points. The
only surprising thing is that they don't have the awareness to
not
announce it publicly," Halper said before calling out The
Washington Post
for changing a headline in a recent report from "Developments in
allegations against Biden amplify efforts to question his
behavior" to
"Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against
Biden."

"They made it seem like @ReadeAlexandra's [Tara Reade's]
allegations are
only being taken seriously by Trump supporters. I've been
dismissed as a
'die-hard' 'avid' Bernie supporter who 'encouraged' Tara Reade
to come
forward and tell her story. I am, indeed an enthusiastic
[Bernie] Sanders
supporter who did NOT want to be the first person to interview
Tara," the
podcast host explained. "I in no way encouraged Tara to tell her
story,
despite the attempts to portray me as actively seeking out a
helpless and
hapless victim exploited by a Sanders supporter for political
gain. As
@ryangrim has said, Tara was determined to tell her story &
required no
encouragement whatsoever."

NEW YORK TIMES SAYS BIDEN CAMP'S TALKING POINTS 'INACCURATELY'
DESCRIBE
THEIR TARA READE REPORTING

"It's precisely the failure of 'objective' media to cover her
that made
me, despite knowing that my support of Sanders and dislike of
Biden would
be used against both me and Tara. But people needed to know this
story. If
people had done their jobs instead of being the tools of the
Biden
campaign, this story would have been out when people had a
number of
Democrats to choose from."


Katie Halper
?
@kthalps
· Apr 29, 2020
Replying to @kthalps
brought the story and tried to get other journalists to
interview her.
(Also, apparently, Ryan Grim and @theintercept can't be trusted
unless
he's breaking the Kavanaugh story at that outlet, in which case
he can
be.) It's precisely the failure of "objective" media to cover...


Katie Halper
?
@kthalps
her that made me, despite knowing that my support of Sanders and
dislike
of Biden would be used against both me and Tara. But people
needed to know
this story. If people had done their jobs instead of being the
tools of
the Biden campaign, this story would have been out when...

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The progressive called out the "hypocrites" who championed
#BelieveAllWomen and expressed their support for Dr. Christine
Blasey Ford
when she came forward against Supreme Court Justice Brett
Kavanaugh during
his 2018 confirmation who are now "smearing" Reade.

WOMEN'S GROUPS REPORTEDLY DRAFTED AN UNRELEASED LETTER URGING
BIDEN TO
ADDRESS TARA READE CLAIMS

"If @ABC, @nytimes, @CNN, @CBSNews, @MSNBC, @NBCNews didn't act
as the
Biden campaign's media arm, you guys would have actually covered
the
story, which had more corroboration that Blasey Ford's, instead
of
ignoring it & then framing it as a smear campaign," Halper said
of the
mainstream media.


There has been growing pressure for Biden to finally address
Reade's
allegations. His campaign has vehemently denied the accusations,
but Biden
has not publicly addressed them.

On Tuesday, Reade called for the release of Biden's Senate
records that
she believes could further corroborate her claims but are
currently sealed
at the University of Delaware.

"I'm calling for the release of the documents being held by the
University
of Delaware that contain Biden's staff personnel records because
I believe
it will have my complaint form, as well as my separation letter
and other
documents," Reade told Fox News on Tuesday. "Maybe if other
staffers that
have tried to file complaints would come to light -- why are
they under
seal? And why won't they be released to the public?"

BIDEN ACCUSER TARA READE TO TIME'S UP HOLLYWOOD SUPPORTERS:
DON'T MAKE SEX
ASSAULT A 'PARTISAN ISSUE'

The Washington Post has now joined the call, urging Biden on
Wednesday to
finally address the allegations and to "release relevant
records."

"Tara Reade deserves to be heard, and voters deserve to hear
her. They
deserve to hear from Joe Biden, too," The Washington Post
editorial board
wrote on Wednesday. "There are, at the moment, no clear
conclusions. There
may never be. But that is no excuse for not searching. One place
to start
is the records covering Mr. Biden’s 36-year Senate career,
donated to the
University of Delaware in 2012 and slated for release to the
public two
years after Mr. Biden 'retires from public life.'"

Biden campaign team works to fight sexual assault allegationVideo
Major developments have also arisen in recent days since Reade
came
forward in March that further corroborate her 1993 claims.

A "Larry King Live" clip from 1993 was unearthed on Friday that
purportedly featured Reade's mother calling in to the show
anonymously and
alluding to her daughter's "problems" with a "prominent
senator." Reade
confirmed to Fox News it was her mother's voice on the call.

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On Monday, two more people -- a former neighbor and a former
colleague of
Reade's -- remembered conversations they had with her back in
the 1990s.
One remembered her account of the alleged assault, and another
remembered
her mentioning harassment but not assault.

Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News. Follow him
on Twitter
@JosephWulfsohn.

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