This is the best piece written thus far on Tara Reade. (Ignore the bad headline.) It is long, because McGann has been reporting on this story for over a year. vox.com/2020/5/7/21248…
Unlike other stories--and I have read a dozen, including ones from journalists I know and deeply respect--this one has zero political axes embedded. This is a very genuine reporter's log of how we do real reporting in this biz. It is a serious investigative record, not opinion.
I have not written any articles on Tara Reade nor do I intend to. I wrote a piece last year on Biden and other women's claims about him which included four women. Reade was not among them. Reade's is a fraught story made more so by the timing. Why 2020 and not 2018 or 2019?
This piece is illuminating about how reporters investigate stories, about how we seek out sources and about how reputable news outlets don't run stories without corroborative sources. It is also a re-dedication to the import of #MeToo, not an evisceration of it. Read it.
