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Ep. 310: The Media's Shameful Handling of Kavanaugh Accusations

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Should the media be rushing to cover allegations with little or no corroboration? The Daily Signal's Ken McIntyre, a veteran journalist who covered Maryland as a crime reporter in the 80s, joins us to discuss. Plus: We look at the disturbing trend of selfie deaths.We also cover these stories:--After spending two weeks debating the allegations of sexual assault lodged against Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Cory Booker suggested that it may not even matter whether or not he’s guilty.--Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Jeff Flake are all unhappy over remarks President Trump made about Christine Blasey Ford.--A fed-up Sen. Lindsey Graham tells an audience to "boo yourself" when he gets boos for saying Kavanaugh has been treated poorly.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, October 4th.

0:08.8

I'm Kate Trinko.

0:10.0

And I'm Daniel Davis.

0:11.6

The nation's eye has been fixed on Dr. Christine Blasy Ford

0:14.9

and Judge Kavanaugh in recent days.

0:17.3

Even as Dr. Ford's testimony lacks corroboration,

0:20.8

and even less substantiated claim of gang rape has emerged from Julie Sweatnik.

0:25.8

She says gang rape was common in high school back in those days, but one of our editors,

0:30.3

Ken McIntyre, was a reporter back in the 1980s in the same exact area as Sweatnik and

0:36.6

Kavanaugh.

0:37.6

He paints quite a different picture.

0:39.8

We'll chat with him over the phone.

0:41.4

Plus, we'll take a look at the disturbing trend of

0:44.3

selfie deaths. But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines.

0:50.0

Well Senate Republicans have complained that Democrats keep moving the

0:55.9

goalpost when it comes to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. After

1:00.1

spending two weeks debating the allegations of sexual assault lodged against

1:04.0

Kavanaugh, Senator Corey Booker suggested that it may not even matter whether or not he's

1:09.3

guilty.

1:10.3

Here's what he said in a press conference. Is this the right person to sit on the highest court in the land for a lifetime appointment

1:18.0

when their credibility has been challenged by intimates, people that knew the candidate well as a classmate.

1:26.2

When his temperament has been revealed in an emotional moment where he used language that

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