The standard for what constitutes a printable story these days has taken a serious downturn.
Jane Mayer, the co-author of the already thoroughly specious story claiming that another woman was the victim of inappropriate behavior from Supreme Court justice nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, admitted that her corroborating witness provided only a second-hand account of the story.
Actually, she first claimed that “he remembers it (the story) clearly” before being cornered by CBS anchor John Dickerson.
“Did he see it?” Dickerson asked.
“No,” Mayer responded. “As I’ve said, he heard it from someone who was there.”
And that right there is why multiple outlets passed on the story while a two-bit operation like the New Yorker ran with it.
Where did the corroborating witness get the information from? –@JDickerson
“He remembers it from–he was in the same dorm .. and he remembers it clearly” –@JaneMayerNYer
But did he see it? –@JDickerson
“No. As I’ve said, he heard it from someone who was there.” –@JaneMayerNYer pic.twitter.com/h9dxDiPJeX
— Norah O’Donnell🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) September 24, 2018
Numerous doubts have arisen from the latest accuser’s story. Deborah Ramirez claims that while she and Kavanaugh were both students at Yale, the future Supreme Court Justice exposed himself and by virtue caused her to touch him in a sexual manner.
The proof behind Ramirez’s claim is completely non-existent.
The New York Times investigated the claim in Mayer and co-author Ronan Farrow’s story prior to publication. After interviewing “several dozen” people, they were unable to find anyone who could corroborate the accusation.
Except for that one aforementioned witness who “heard it from someone who was there.”
Jane Mayer mis-stated it on Morning Joe. It’s not that the NYTimes didn’t have the story; it’s that the NYTimes realized that there wasn’t a story
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) September 24, 2018
There’s something to be said about Mayer’s inability to articulate her reasoning for trusting an anonymous witness. An anonymous witness who heard an account from some other person that is unwilling to substantiate the claims on their own.
Reporting standards have plunged mightily in the era of Trump.
Dickerson later interviewed White House aide Kellyanne Conway who described the apparent hit job on Kavanaugh as “starting to feel like a vast left-wing conspiracy.”
Deborah Ramirez’s best friend says Ramirez never told her about this incident and “suggested that Ramirez may have been politically motivated.” pic.twitter.com/qcTMwhLGHA
— Ryan Saavedra 🇺🇸 (@RealSaavedra) September 24, 2018
Mayer, it should be noted, also took aim at Justice Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings in which Anita Hill had accused him of sexual misconduct.
In the end, Mayer, Farrow, and the mainstream media don’t need actual witnesses or solid facts to run stories anymore. Their end game here is trying to derail Kavanaugh’s confirmation all in the name of saving the right to abortion.
They do the Democrats bidding – even f it means destroying an innocent man and his family.
“She (Ramirez) came forward because Senate Democrats began looking at this claim,” Farrow admitted.
A politically motivated smear if there ever was one.
I think that Judge Kavanaugh should run his own investigation in the form of a law suit for lets say 10 Million Dollars against both of these women. Bring them before a court of law and make them prove what they are just now remembering after 20 or 30 years. Have them bring their witnesses, not just what they think they remember after a night of drinking, but actual witnesses that will say without a doubt that they say this happen, on this date at this time. Sometime during the summer is not a date. As the old saying goes, “Put your money where you mouth is”. I would be willing to bet with the possibility of losing Millions of dollars the accusers will crawl back under the rock from which they came.
These are nothing more than Democrats dirty tricks to stall the nomination until after the mid terms. WHY if the REPUBLICANS are in the majority do we act like we are not? Really if the Democrats win in November, the only difference will be the speaker. Because the republicans act like we are in the minority. #CONFIRMKAVANAUGHNOW
The Republicans need to get tough and stop these Democrat dirty tricks. Get on with the vote!
The purely UNAMERICAN and truly Marxist Dialectic oriented Progressive Democratic party is only professionally good at three things: Raising an already unconscionable debt, total incompetency and professional prevarication by application of the Marxist Dialectic to SMEAR anyone and anything who is not a party to their twisted agendas or has the sheer unmitigated temerity to oppose them PUBLICLY. This has been SHOWN to be the case in these multiple ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BRETT KAVANAUGH AND THERE IS NO PROOF FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT THE “I can’t remember,” quotes of those who made the allegations or how they promised to testify but only AFTER trying to control the proceedings by DENYING Kavanaugh DUE PROCESS and the presumption of innocence until PROVEN guilty. This is all designed to delay his just appointment as he is the most eminently QUALIFIED candidate for appointment to the SJC in my 73 year lifetime. Even sitting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has admitted embarrassment at the excrement being thrown at Kavanaugh and it is a national DISGRACE! So is the Progressive Democratic party at large. Remember in November, the antics of these rectal cavities and VOTE every one of them up for re-election OUT OF OFFICE; along with their RINO cohorts in crime who side with and enable their ineptitude and unreasoning HATE for all things American and Constitutional. This is NOT my opinion: this is Recorded FACT if one but has the intestinal fortitude to LOOK at that record, acknowledge the TRUTH and VOTE to remove those who will eradicate your freedoms, choices, the future well being of your children and private property, the end of personal wealth which WILL be confiscated, “redistributed,” by the U,N, who will become our actual leadeship under the implementation of Agenda 21, IF these New World Order Trolls get their way and end this country as we know it but, ONLY IF YOU LET THEM~!Vote in this and EVERY subsequient election to remove these slithering swamp slime and drain their Habitat. Every aspect of YOUR life WILL be improved immesely if you do; and we can then ADDRESS illegal immigration, the opiod Epidemc, terrorism and Governmental corruption rather than being VICTIMIZED BY IT!. period!
It appears the Dems have reached a new low, it is perfectly acceptable to ruin a mans reputation, and destroy his life along with his family, so that we can continue to kill 700,000 children each year.
Again again and again nobody noes anything that can be proved. Nothing more then the Dimwitted Dems trying to stop Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation by any means necessary. This is the third time in my lifetime that they have tried this stunt and they wont stop doing this until they have complete control of the Supreme Court. They want this in the worst way in order to establish their socialist agenda. These Midterm elections will be the most important in our lifetime. VOTE VOTE and then VOTE and make sure you get your neighbors, friends, relatives and anyone who will vote Republican to VOTE. We need the Majority in Congress. It is the only way we have to give President Trump the support he desperately needs!
Ramirez, Avanatti and Ford all need to be jailed for bearing false witness testimony trying to halt confirmation of Kavanaugh, time is running out so confirm Brett ASAP.
This whole thing turns my stomach. After this I wouldn’t let the Democrat party be in charge with bathroom cleanup for fear of getting a disease. I realize there are a lot of bad people out there, but to try to ruin a good mans reputation for political gain. Well I guess we should expect nothing less seeing how they have lied and attacked the President for almost two years. How can these demons look themselves in the face.
It smells like a fart in a car. It really stinks within a tight controlled space.
Till now our dear politicians put in power drug dealers .Now our dear politicians allow prostitutes to rule our country.
This is a total bunch of lies brought by Sen. Feinstein and others to destroy Judge Kavanaugh and prevent him from sitting on the Supreme Court. It started with the disgraceful hearings when the Democrats themselves did everything possible to delay the hearings as well as the hired demonstrators screeching every several minutes. Then the Ford accusations followed by ridiculous reasons why she couldn’t testify in a timely manner (“I can’t fly” despite the fact she has flown to Hawaii, NYC and I suspect many other places.) And now yet another “victim” suddenly comes forth with accusations that are suspect and more. This is Democratic political assassination in the worst way ever. My only hope is they’re pay for it in the November elections and that people will see them as what they are.
If it was left up to me these women would be tarred and feathered for lying and trying to destroy a good man and his family in the name of politics…
Are the women accusing the Judge GAY? The lawyers are and I am wondering about the women. If so they have a problem to begin with. It is all falling apart and I hope it is over before Thurs. because once the women come forward they will be outed and it may not be good for them. They are all lying and hopefully prosecuted!!!
Politically motivated to defame and defeat an innocent man, to damage his career and his family and to besmirch his character and his good reputation.
I think that Judge Kavanaugh should run his own investigation in the form of a law suit for lets say 10 Million Dollars against both of these women. Bring them before a court of law and make them prove what they are just now remembering after 20 or 30 years. Have them bring their witnesses, not just what they think they remember after a night of drinking, but actual witnesses that will say without a doubt that they say this happen, on this date at this time. Sometime during the summer is not a date. As the old saying goes, “Put your money where you mouth is”. I would be willing to bet with the possibility of losing Millions of dollars the accusers will crawl back under the rock from which they came.
These are nothing more than Democrats dirty tricks to stall the nomination until after the mid terms. WHY if the REPUBLICANS are in the majority do we act like we are not? Really if the Democrats win in November, the only difference will be the speaker. Because the republicans act like we are in the minority. #CONFIRMKAVANAUGHNOW
The Republicans need to get tough and stop these Democrat dirty tricks. Get on with the vote!
The purely UNAMERICAN and truly Marxist Dialectic oriented Progressive Democratic party is only professionally good at three things: Raising an already unconscionable debt, total incompetency and professional prevarication by application of the Marxist Dialectic to SMEAR anyone and anything who is not a party to their twisted agendas or has the sheer unmitigated temerity to oppose them PUBLICLY. This has been SHOWN to be the case in these multiple ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BRETT KAVANAUGH AND THERE IS NO PROOF FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT THE “I can’t remember,” quotes of those who made the allegations or how they promised to testify but only AFTER trying to control the proceedings by DENYING Kavanaugh DUE PROCESS and the presumption of innocence until PROVEN guilty. This is all designed to delay his just appointment as he is the most eminently QUALIFIED candidate for appointment to the SJC in my 73 year lifetime. Even sitting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has admitted embarrassment at the excrement being thrown at Kavanaugh and it is a national DISGRACE! So is the Progressive Democratic party at large. Remember in November, the antics of these rectal cavities and VOTE every one of them up for re-election OUT OF OFFICE; along with their RINO cohorts in crime who side with and enable their ineptitude and unreasoning HATE for all things American and Constitutional. This is NOT my opinion: this is Recorded FACT if one but has the intestinal fortitude to LOOK at that record, acknowledge the TRUTH and VOTE to remove those who will eradicate your freedoms, choices, the future well being of your children and private property, the end of personal wealth which WILL be confiscated, “redistributed,” by the U,N, who will become our actual leadeship under the implementation of Agenda 21, IF these New World Order Trolls get their way and end this country as we know it but, ONLY IF YOU LET THEM~!Vote in this and EVERY subsequient election to remove these slithering swamp slime and drain their Habitat. Every aspect of YOUR life WILL be improved immesely if you do; and we can then ADDRESS illegal immigration, the opiod Epidemc, terrorism and Governmental corruption rather than being VICTIMIZED BY IT!. period!
It appears the Dems have reached a new low, it is perfectly acceptable to ruin a mans reputation, and destroy his life along with his family, so that we can continue to kill 700,000 children each year.
Again again and again nobody noes anything that can be proved. Nothing more then the Dimwitted Dems trying to stop Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation by any means necessary. This is the third time in my lifetime that they have tried this stunt and they wont stop doing this until they have complete control of the Supreme Court. They want this in the worst way in order to establish their socialist agenda. These Midterm elections will be the most important in our lifetime. VOTE VOTE and then VOTE and make sure you get your neighbors, friends, relatives and anyone who will vote Republican to VOTE. We need the Majority in Congress. It is the only way we have to give President Trump the support he desperately needs!
Ramirez, Avanatti and Ford all need to be jailed for bearing false witness testimony trying to halt confirmation of Kavanaugh, time is running out so confirm Brett ASAP.
This whole thing turns my stomach. After this I wouldn’t let the Democrat party be in charge with bathroom cleanup for fear of getting a disease. I realize there are a lot of bad people out there, but to try to ruin a good mans reputation for political gain. Well I guess we should expect nothing less seeing how they have lied and attacked the President for almost two years. How can these demons look themselves in the face.
It smells like a fart in a car. It really stinks within a tight controlled space.
Till now our dear politicians put in power drug dealers .Now our dear politicians allow prostitutes to rule our country.
This is a total bunch of lies brought by Sen. Feinstein and others to destroy Judge Kavanaugh and prevent him from sitting on the Supreme Court. It started with the disgraceful hearings when the Democrats themselves did everything possible to delay the hearings as well as the hired demonstrators screeching every several minutes. Then the Ford accusations followed by ridiculous reasons why she couldn’t testify in a timely manner (“I can’t fly” despite the fact she has flown to Hawaii, NYC and I suspect many other places.) And now yet another “victim” suddenly comes forth with accusations that are suspect and more. This is Democratic political assassination in the worst way ever. My only hope is they’re pay for it in the November elections and that people will see them as what they are.
If it was left up to me these women would be tarred and feathered for lying and trying to destroy a good man and his family in the name of politics…
Are the women accusing the Judge GAY? The lawyers are and I am wondering about the women. If so they have a problem to begin with. It is all falling apart and I hope it is over before Thurs. because once the women come forward they will be outed and it may not be good for them. They are all lying and hopefully prosecuted!!!
Politically motivated to defame and defeat an innocent man, to damage his career and his family and to besmirch his character and his good reputation.