Add another one to the list. David Corn, Washington bureau chief of the uber-liberal publication Mother Jones, is being investigated for sexual misconduct for the second time in three years.
David Corn investigated for inappropriate workplace behavior https://t.co/D9uTD1VqSH via @mcalderone pic.twitter.com/lqRxudgUa5
— POLITICO (@politico) November 3, 2017
In an announcement Thursday, Mother Jones magazine’s editor and chief executive acknowledged that they had previously investigated Corn in 2014 and warned him about “touching female staffers and insensitive descriptions of sexual violence.” The publication will now probe the allegations further in light of the discovery of two emails written by former female staffers in 2014 and 2015 further describing Corn’s misconduct.
One of the emails, written in 2015, details how Corn made “rape jokes,” “regularly gave [several women] unwelcome shoulder rubs and engaged in uninvited touching of their legs, arms, backs, and waists,” and “made inappropriate comments about women’s sexuality and anatomy.” In the other email, written in 2014, a former female staffer claims that Corn “came up behind me and put his hands and arms around my body in a way that felt sexual and domineering.”
Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein and editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery said they had not previously seen these emails, and insisted that employees had previously only raised concerns about “nonsexual touching” by Corn.
Corn also issued a statement contending that neither his comments nor his touching of colleagues were in any way sexual. “I am an exuberant person and have been known to pat male and female colleagues on the shoulder or slap them on the back, but always in a collegial or celebratory way,” he said. “I have never touched any work colleague in a sexual manner. Once concerns were raised about this type of contact, I have been mindful to avoid it to prevent any misperception. If anyone ever perceived any of this as ‘sexual’ or ‘domineering,’ I am sorry—that was never my intent.”
He added, “Sexual violence is not funny, and I have never joked about it, or about women’s sexuality and anatomy.”
On the contrary:
When it comes to raising awareness about sexual assault, Donald Trump leads by example.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 31, 2017
But not only is Corn a liberal hypocrite, it also sure sounds like he’s attempting to place blame on his accusers for misunderstanding his intentions. The liberal media likes to call that “victim blaming” – but the liberal media has been awfully silent about the allegations against Corn:
A comprehensive list of outlets that covered the David Corn sexual harassment allegations. pic.twitter.com/OdWJu0WEn9
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) November 3, 2017
Odd how that Politico David Corn story wasn’t shared by every journalist under the sun. Why would that be?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 3, 2017
Incredible how little coverage the @DavidCornDC sexual assault scandal is getting from the liberal media.
Democracy dying in darkness…
— mediacritic (@mediacritik) November 3, 2017
If you attacked Romney for hiring women but are defending David Corn, kindly and immediately go to hell.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 3, 2017
Corn is the sixth member of the media elite to be accused of sexual assault in recent weeks. Perhaps America will finally realize that liberalism is full of self-aggrandizing scumbags.
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