P1/ Faked news+investigative Failures = False narrative on Franken
@CNN @HuffPost @Jezebel @politico @TheAtlantic
did not vet stories like @washingtonpost @nytimes @NewYorker,
often failed W5H: Who,When,Where,What,Why,How?
We need good investigative reporting more than ever!
@CNN @HuffPost @Jezebel @politico @TheAtlantic
did not vet stories like @washingtonpost @nytimes @NewYorker,
often failed W5H: Who,When,Where,What,Why,How?
We need good investigative reporting more than ever!
P2/ Top level overview of complaints and my opinions
3 Lies #1, #5, #8
3 False: at least part Lie/absurd #2, #4, #6
2 Unproven: unlikely, vague #3, #7
Do these 2 pages raise doubts?
(Be ready to ZOOM IN on some pages.🙂)
3 Lies #1, #5, #8
3 False: at least part Lie/absurd #2, #4, #6
2 Unproven: unlikely, vague #3, #7
Do these 2 pages raise doubts?
(Be ready to ZOOM IN on some pages.🙂)
P3/ The 8 allegation threads linked in P5 share context:
Z D A I L
M malleable memory
U USO
Despite oddities,people just assumed Franken guilty of Deliberate act, ignored possible Accident,Imagination,Lie.
Z D A I L
M malleable memory
U USO
Despite oddities,people just assumed Franken guilty of Deliberate act, ignored possible Accident,Imagination,Lie.
P4/ Photos of Franken with women
This thread collected miscellaneous photos, including some with other celebrities.
photos, misc
Flickr galleries enable quick, easy perusal of Franken with members of the public:
flickr.com/photos/1377134…
This thread collected miscellaneous photos, including some with other celebrities.
photos, misc
Flickr galleries enable quick, easy perusal of Franken with members of the public:
flickr.com/photos/1377134…
P5/ Detail threads & categorization rationales
Lie
1
5
8
False
2
4
6
Unproven
3
7
Lie
1
5
8
False
2
4
6
Unproven
3
7
P6/ Complaint timeline & overall chronology
Most claimed actions occurred while Franken was on talk radio or candidacy.
Timeline: primary leapt rushed to publication with little obvious due diligence.
Only first or key stories, interviews; no attempt to be comprehensive.
Most claimed actions occurred while Franken was on talk radio or candidacy.
Timeline: primary leapt rushed to publication with little obvious due diligence.
Only first or key stories, interviews; no attempt to be comprehensive.
P7/ 2 Key #MeToo cases
Harvey Weinstein
NYTimes @jodikantor, @mega2e; @RachelAbramsNY @WRashbaum @gr_ashford
nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/…
New Yorker @RonanFarrow
newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
Rep Jackie Speier @RepSpeier
latimes.com/politics/essen…
Tweeden conflated Franken with Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
NYTimes @jodikantor, @mega2e; @RachelAbramsNY @WRashbaum @gr_ashford
nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/…
New Yorker @RonanFarrow
newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
Rep Jackie Speier @RepSpeier
latimes.com/politics/essen…
Tweeden conflated Franken with Weinstein
P8/ Sexual misconduct in American Politics @ballotpedia
Ballotpedia has been collecting examples, snapshotted here:
web.archive.org/web/2018052320…
How often do politicians grope strangers during quick public photo ops (#2,3,4,5,8) or force kisses onstage (#6), at radio studio (#7)?
Ballotpedia has been collecting examples, snapshotted here:
web.archive.org/web/2018052320…
How often do politicians grope strangers during quick public photo ops (#2,3,4,5,8) or force kisses onstage (#6), at radio studio (#7)?
P9/ Female staffers
36 women from Saturday Night Live
hollywoodreporter.com/news/saturday-…
8 female Congressional staffers
washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
Supportive letters NEVER disprove misbehavior towards anyone else,
but these are yet more data that make the allegations vs Franken seem odd.
36 women from Saturday Night Live
hollywoodreporter.com/news/saturday-…
8 female Congressional staffers
washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost…
Supportive letters NEVER disprove misbehavior towards anyone else,
but these are yet more data that make the allegations vs Franken seem odd.
P10/ The Post on Charlie Rose @AmyJBrittain @irin @JulieATate @alice_crites
WaPO's investigation was excellent, worth examining to calibrate the primary stories on Franken.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
May 4 lawsuit
washingtonpost.com/politics/three…
WaPO's investigation was excellent, worth examining to calibrate the primary stories on Franken.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
May 4 lawsuit
washingtonpost.com/politics/three…
P11/ The Post detects a false claim (21 days)
@ShawnBoburg @byaaroncdavis @alice_crites & @TomLeGro and @DDaltonBennett
"A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation."
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
@ShawnBoburg @byaaroncdavis @alice_crites & @TomLeGro and @DDaltonBennett
"A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation."
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
P12/ Excellent postmortem on story gone badly wrong
@SheilaCoronel, @SteveCollNY, @derekkravitz
Rolling Stone and UVA: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report - An anatomy of a journalistic failure A Rape on Campus' - What Went Wrong rollingstone.com/culture/featur…
@SheilaCoronel, @SteveCollNY, @derekkravitz
Rolling Stone and UVA: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report - An anatomy of a journalistic failure A Rape on Campus' - What Went Wrong rollingstone.com/culture/featur…
P13/ George Takei’s Accuser Has Changed His Story of Drugging & Assault
Fine investigation by @shanesnow
observer.com/2018/05/george…
Imagination, Malleable Memory, "party story" + #MeToo==> The Hollywood Reporter, (vague stories failed later, ) @donnajobridge
H/T @cabinloon
Fine investigation by @shanesnow
observer.com/2018/05/george…
Imagination, Malleable Memory, "party story" + #MeToo==> The Hollywood Reporter, (vague stories failed later, ) @donnajobridge
H/T @cabinloon
P14/ W5H: WHO, WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, WHY, HOW?
This section summarizes the detailed threads into a common format, as checklists for W5H.
Gray highlights => weaknesses in story, arrows show levels of concern.
This section summarizes the detailed threads into a common format, as checklists for W5H.
Gray highlights => weaknesses in story, arrows show levels of concern.
P15/ A dense spreadsheet was used during my investigation as a checklist & aid to seeing patterns. Most of its information has been summarized earlier, but here it acts just as a reference header for the W5H analysis of the stories.
(Charts may need ZOOM IN).
(Charts may need ZOOM IN).
P16/ WHO – got contacted by reporters
Most events were public, but reporters found zero eyewitness to harassment.
They got 13 Complainant-provided contacts provided by Complainants, most relatives & friends, but zero Independent contacts.
See Rolling Stone & Takei cases, P12-P13.
Most events were public, but reporters found zero eyewitness to harassment.
They got 13 Complainant-provided contacts provided by Complainants, most relatives & friends, but zero Independent contacts.
See Rolling Stone & Takei cases, P12-P13.
P21/ #5 Lie Stephanie Kemplin
J
K (earlier)
@mj_lee @CNNPolitics
@LarryDavisWKRC @NewsLaw1@KbieryGolick @AmandaWLWT
J
K (earlier)
@mj_lee @CNNPolitics
@LarryDavisWKRC @NewsLaw1@KbieryGolick @AmandaWLWT
P25/ Errata, updates additions if needed
Please report errors or evidence, whether confirming or disconfirming analyses. My goal is best approximation of (often messy) truth.
I’m especially interested in process of Tweeden launch & interactions with Kemplin and perhaps Menz.
Please report errors or evidence, whether confirming or disconfirming analyses. My goal is best approximation of (often messy) truth.
I’m especially interested in process of Tweeden launch & interactions with Kemplin and perhaps Menz.
P26/ H/T @cabinloon Typo in P23, Politico, NOT Jezebel:
"It is really strange that she would not tell Boss right away, and that Boss wasn't interviewed/quoted by Jezebel."
"It is really strange that she would not tell Boss right away, and that Boss wasn't interviewed/quoted by Jezebel."
P27/ The @nytimes published a summary of the effects of #MeToo cases on 20 women, very useful as comparison with the 8 @AlFranken cases.
Hint: these were credible allegations, investigated credibly by reporters who know how.
This logically fits after P7.
Hint: these were credible allegations, investigated credibly by reporters who know how.
This logically fits after P7.
P28/ HOW DOES EVIDENCE CHANGE OPINIONS?
@the_unitron asked excellent question, well worth a formal thread to answer:
@the_unitron asked excellent question, well worth a formal thread to answer:
P29/ CORRECTION: Left frame 2nd column: "Stone certainly knew night of 11/16" was typo:
"night of 11/15"
"night of 11/15"
