It's a good first step but there are finally some push back to blindly believing any story told by a woman years after the fact. Also, Ronan Farrow isn't a journalist. He's a glorified gossip columnist who was angry his show never took off at MSNBC.

Lauer:

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/matt-l ... o-be-true/



Smith: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/busi ... arrow.html

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Joe Biden brought down #metoo.

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At least Matt Lauer wasn't trespassing on a construction site.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Talk about an honest conversation.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

It was time for careful consideration when it came to Joe Biden.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

It is. I'll cut to the chase. Why should we give benefit of the doubt to people like Matt Lauer when you weren't willing to do so in the case of Ahmaud Arbery?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I'll cut to the chase. I'll get to the point.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

This has nothing to do with "the benefit of the doubt". This is you being a dishonest troll. As Frank put it, B Mac without the swears. These two cases have nothing to do with each other at all. If you want to call me names just be honest about it instead of this strange attempt relate these two things.

The Me Too movement was based on a lot of lies and after the fact reconsiderations. Believe all women or accusers is a religious order like edict to weed out heretics.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I wonder why Lauer hasn't sued Farrow???

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The whole point is that you were certain that Arbery was up to no good. He was causing trouble in the neighborhood. He even had one little fight and the two rednecks got scared.

I have no reason to call you names. I want to know why you didn't give Arbery the same benefit of the doubt you seem to be giving Lauer?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Did the accuser buy Matt Lauer alcohol?

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Chris Hardwick brought down #MeToo.

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Been a while since this one played. Well done.

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What kind is Matt Lauer alochol?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Probably because the fact that Farrow does not practice good journalistic standards does not mean that Lauer isn't a creep.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

lol @ giving Matt Lauer credibility in this matter. Nice work WFR. Can't say I'm surprised though.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Wow. What a brutal take down.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Metoo was fine until it effected the guy running against Trump. I'm glad it's happening but what a crock of shit people are.

Jesus, BRick. That was one hell of a question. I need to tattoo this into my eyelids in order to prevent me from making wild generalizations or coming to any conclusions that are frankly -ist in some way. Now, if I can just remind myself to do so...

This isn't a shot against Ruffie. That's just a good question. Hello new teaching anecdote...

I am going to say his wife divorcing him is all we need to know.

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Elections have consequences.

WfR expectation when starting thread:



Reality:

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Do you think these women had non consensual sex with Lauer ?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

They raped Lauer? Weird that he never mentioned that.

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They don't call him WhattaFuckinRacist for nothin'.

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I tend to believe a guy that would lock women in a room with him would rape them. At the very least I believe it destroys any credibility that man has to speak on this topic.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

What if I told you the woman was wearing Timberlands?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Shakes had the same reaction to the Arbery case as I did. I anticipate you stalking him around here, and bringing this up in every non-related thread with him as well.

This thread is about poor journalistic standards. Few things were verified. The stories in the Lauer story do not make sense. If someone raped you in a hotel room would you continue to have an affair with them, and only report it years after the fact when the affair ended? That doesn't seem logical. It seems that Lauer had an affair, ghosted the woman, and she was bitter. Farrow reported that it was a rape, and took her word without following up with her friends or colleagues. Jorr agrees with this. So rational people can see that.

As for the benefit of the doubt. It's not benefit of the doubt. It's looking at sets of facts and drawing the most reasonable conclusion rather than this story fits with my world view so i choose to believe it.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Everyone had locks on their rooms at NBC. It was not exclusive to Lauer. It was so that if journalists talking to sources and the line of discussion became confidential they would not be interrupted. So we can eliminate that piece of "evidence".

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