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Ubiquitous
Nov 17, 2017, 7:30:13 AM11/17/17
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Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media
and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
well, recounting her own experience with the onetime comedian,
liberal radio host and activist. Morgan’s disturbing encounter was
sparked by daring to disagree with Franken during an August, 2000
edition of ABC’s Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
Earlier, a bombshell report published by KABC on-air personality
Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of kissing and groping her without
her consent while she was asleep.
Shockingly, Tweeden even provided a photo as evidence, which shows
Franken with his hands on her breasts while he smiles for the
camera.
KABC anchor: Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me
Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It
https://t.co/lG4A1ZTUhC pic.twitter.com/EYIzr9ok2s
— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) November 16, 2017
Tweeden said the sexual assault occurred in December 2006, when they
were both on a USO Tour to support and entertain U.S. soldiers.
“It wasn’t until I was back in the U.S. and looking through the CD
of photos we were given by the photographer that I saw this one,”
Tweeden wrote about the photo on in her KABC article.
“I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled.
Humiliated,” she wrote. “How dare anyone grab my breasts like this
and think it’s funny?”
Tweeden said Franken had written a skit in which he would kiss
Tweeden, where she said she “agreed to play along.”
“When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his
character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after,
but I figured I could turn my head at the last minute, or put my
hand over his mouth, to get more laughs from the crowd,” she wrote.
Tweeden wrote that Franken insisted that they rehearse the kiss
several times before the show, which she said made her
“uncomfortable.”
“He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that
we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering
me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me,
put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine
and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth,” she wrote.
“I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against his
chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so
nice about it the next time,” she added.
According to Newsweek, Franken has since released a statement saying
he didn’t recall the incident.
“I certainly don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same
way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to the photo,
it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn’t. I shouldn’t have
done it,” he said in a statement.
In response to the disturbing allegations made against Franken,
Media Equalizer and Media Equality Project Co-Founder Melanie Morgan
has come forward to recall her own frightening encounter, sparked by
a seemingly-mundane and even obscure topic of political
disagreement.
Morgan, who was a ABC Radio talk show host for KSFO / San Francisco
at the time, appeared August 19, 2000 on ABC’s late night show
Politically Incorrect.
She was joined by Franken, William Baldwin, and then-Colorado Lt.
Governor Joe Rogers on the panel.
Morgan and Franken had a dispute over the OMB’s budget numbers.
“I was invited and unaware of who his guests were going to be that
night,” Morgan said.
“I made a statement about the budget numbers, Franken challenged me,
I challenged him back. It was about spending priorities, actually
just a mundane discussion. But he obsessed over it.”
After the show, Morgan said Franken wouldn’t leave her alone,
insisting on continuing the argument.
“He approached me backstage, angrily called me out on those numbers
and insisted he would prove he was right. He wouldn’t leave me
alone, he kept following me. As a woman, his presence and proximity
to me felt very threatening and intimindating.
“I didn’t realize his creepy behavior after the show meant it would
continue in the days to come.
“He approached Carol, the show’s producer and demanded my home phone
number, which was a clear violation of network protocol. I had
thought that was the end of the story and was shocked when he
started calling my home, badgering me repeatedly.
“I became fearful and called Carol to complain and asked her to tell
him to back off. But he made another call after that. I thought that
he might end up stalking me at my home in Northern California, it
was that bad.
“By the third phone call I was outraged and terrified, as he is
really disturbed,” Morgan recounted.
Morgan said Franken finally left her alone, but only after she
pushed back and threatened “to call the police and make a report
that he was harassing me.”
To this day, she says she is haunted by it: “I never forgot that
experience and it informed me of his lack of character and obsessive
personality. I believe every word Leann wrote.”
With many calling on Republican Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Judge
Roy Moore to step aside following claims of sexual misconduct from
decades ago, will Franken be asked to resign as senator?
“I will happily testify before the Senate Ethics Committee, should a
hearing be held regarding Franken’s behavior,” Morgan added.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
well, recounting her own experience with the onetime comedian,
liberal radio host and activist. Morgan’s disturbing encounter was
sparked by daring to disagree with Franken during an August, 2000
edition of ABC’s Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
Earlier, a bombshell report published by KABC on-air personality
Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of kissing and groping her without
her consent while she was asleep.
Shockingly, Tweeden even provided a photo as evidence, which shows
Franken with his hands on her breasts while he smiles for the
camera.
KABC anchor: Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me
Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It
https://t.co/lG4A1ZTUhC pic.twitter.com/EYIzr9ok2s
— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) November 16, 2017
Tweeden said the sexual assault occurred in December 2006, when they
were both on a USO Tour to support and entertain U.S. soldiers.
“It wasn’t until I was back in the U.S. and looking through the CD
of photos we were given by the photographer that I saw this one,”
Tweeden wrote about the photo on in her KABC article.
“I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled.
Humiliated,” she wrote. “How dare anyone grab my breasts like this
and think it’s funny?”
Tweeden said Franken had written a skit in which he would kiss
Tweeden, where she said she “agreed to play along.”
“When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his
character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after,
but I figured I could turn my head at the last minute, or put my
hand over his mouth, to get more laughs from the crowd,” she wrote.
Tweeden wrote that Franken insisted that they rehearse the kiss
several times before the show, which she said made her
“uncomfortable.”
“He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that
we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering
me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me,
put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine
and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth,” she wrote.
“I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against his
chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so
nice about it the next time,” she added.
According to Newsweek, Franken has since released a statement saying
he didn’t recall the incident.
“I certainly don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same
way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to the photo,
it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn’t. I shouldn’t have
done it,” he said in a statement.
In response to the disturbing allegations made against Franken,
Media Equalizer and Media Equality Project Co-Founder Melanie Morgan
has come forward to recall her own frightening encounter, sparked by
a seemingly-mundane and even obscure topic of political
disagreement.
Morgan, who was a ABC Radio talk show host for KSFO / San Francisco
at the time, appeared August 19, 2000 on ABC’s late night show
Politically Incorrect.
She was joined by Franken, William Baldwin, and then-Colorado Lt.
Governor Joe Rogers on the panel.
Morgan and Franken had a dispute over the OMB’s budget numbers.
“I was invited and unaware of who his guests were going to be that
night,” Morgan said.
“I made a statement about the budget numbers, Franken challenged me,
I challenged him back. It was about spending priorities, actually
just a mundane discussion. But he obsessed over it.”
After the show, Morgan said Franken wouldn’t leave her alone,
insisting on continuing the argument.
“He approached me backstage, angrily called me out on those numbers
and insisted he would prove he was right. He wouldn’t leave me
alone, he kept following me. As a woman, his presence and proximity
to me felt very threatening and intimindating.
“I didn’t realize his creepy behavior after the show meant it would
continue in the days to come.
“He approached Carol, the show’s producer and demanded my home phone
number, which was a clear violation of network protocol. I had
thought that was the end of the story and was shocked when he
started calling my home, badgering me repeatedly.
“I became fearful and called Carol to complain and asked her to tell
him to back off. But he made another call after that. I thought that
he might end up stalking me at my home in Northern California, it
was that bad.
“By the third phone call I was outraged and terrified, as he is
really disturbed,” Morgan recounted.
Morgan said Franken finally left her alone, but only after she
pushed back and threatened “to call the police and make a report
that he was harassing me.”
To this day, she says she is haunted by it: “I never forgot that
experience and it informed me of his lack of character and obsessive
personality. I believe every word Leann wrote.”
With many calling on Republican Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Judge
Roy Moore to step aside following claims of sexual misconduct from
decades ago, will Franken be asked to resign as senator?
“I will happily testify before the Senate Ethics Committee, should a
hearing be held regarding Franken’s behavior,” Morgan added.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
FPP
Nov 17, 2017, 7:55:04 AM11/17/17
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On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
> well...
> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
Notes: Media Equalizer is a news and opinion blog with a strong right
wing bias in reporting. All articles favor the right and discredit the
left. Like most sources that lack credibility, Media Equalizer does not
have an About Page, nor any information about ownership or the authors.
There is moderate use of loaded emotional language in articles and
sourcing is typically to other right biased sources such as Fox News,
who has a poor track record with fact checkers. Overall, we rate Media
Equalizer Right Biased and Mixed for factual reporting based on poor
sourcing. (D. Van Zandt 9/13/2017)
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/media-equalizer/
--
Hours after Trump says something dumb during a nuclear standoff, his
last living staffer will send a clarification to the last living
reporter. - Daniel Powell
FPP
Nov 17, 2017, 8:06:21 AM11/17/17
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On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
> well, recounting her own experience with the onetime comedian,
> liberal radio host and activist.
Here is a sample of Media Equalizer, commenting on Roy Moore.
> well, recounting her own experience with the onetime comedian,
> liberal radio host and activist.
Tell me... do you find them credible?
> Rush to judgment, more on Moore
>
> How much fact-checking actually took place before the Washington Post rushed to print in the Judge Roy Moore story? It appears that there were a few important biographical items left out of the narrative since the Thursday salacious details of “inappropriate sexual conduct” became public.
>
> The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple reported that the former Alabama Supreme Court justice was accused of sexual impropriety 38 years ago. But the story becomes something different when you add in the latest information from Fox News Friday evening.
>
> It appears that one of the women accusing Moore reportedly worked as a sign language interpreter for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
>
> https://mediaequalizer.com/kyleeidson/2017/11/rush-to-judgment-more-on-moore
See? Roy Moore is just an innocent victim of... wait for it... Hillary
Clinton!
NoBody
Nov 17, 2017, 10:23:28 AM11/17/17
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:55:02 -0500, FPP <fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>> well...
>
>Notes: Media Equalizer is a news and opinion blog with a strong right
>wing bias in reporting. All articles favor the right and discredit the
>left. Like most sources that lack credibility, Media Equalizer does not
>have an About Page, nor any information about ownership or the authors.
>There is moderate use of loaded emotional language in articles and
>sourcing is typically to other right biased sources such as Fox News,
>who has a poor track record with fact checkers. Overall, we rate Media
>Equalizer Right Biased and Mixed for factual reporting based on poor
>sourcing. (D. Van Zandt 9/13/2017)
>
>https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/media-equalizer/
FPP's lack of outrage and hypocrisy is so noted.
>On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>> well...
>
>Notes: Media Equalizer is a news and opinion blog with a strong right
>wing bias in reporting. All articles favor the right and discredit the
>left. Like most sources that lack credibility, Media Equalizer does not
>have an About Page, nor any information about ownership or the authors.
>There is moderate use of loaded emotional language in articles and
>sourcing is typically to other right biased sources such as Fox News,
>who has a poor track record with fact checkers. Overall, we rate Media
>Equalizer Right Biased and Mixed for factual reporting based on poor
>sourcing. (D. Van Zandt 9/13/2017)
>
>https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/media-equalizer/
BTR1701
Nov 17, 2017, 1:15:31 PM11/17/17
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In article <n00jsi$mlf$8...@dont-email.me>,
12 questions about Moore
0 questions about Franken
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media
> and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
> Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
At yesterday's White House press conference:
> Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media
> and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
> Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
12 questions about Moore
0 questions about Franken
Ubiquitous
Nov 17, 2017, 1:54:53 PM11/17/17
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atr...@mac.com wrote:
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media
>> and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
>> Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
>
>At yesterday's White House press conference:
>
>12 questions about Moore
>
>0 questions about Franken
#WhatLiberalMedia
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media
>> and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
>> Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
>
>At yesterday's White House press conference:
>
>12 questions about Moore
>
>0 questions about Franken
--
Al Franken admits guilt after photographic evidence of his abuse
surfaces.
Mitch: "Let's investigate."
In Alabama, ZERO evidence, allegations 100% rejected.
Mitch: "Moore must quit immediately or be expelled."
-- Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 16, 2017
#BeamMeUpScotty
Nov 17, 2017, 1:58:28 PM11/17/17
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On 11/17/2017 08:06 AM, FPP wrote:
> On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>> well, recounting her own experience with the onetime comedian,
>> liberal radio host and activist.
>
> Here is a sample of Media Equalizer, commenting on Roy Moore.
> Tell me... do you find them credible?
>
>> Rush to judgment, more on Moore
>>
>> How much fact-checking actually took place before the Washington Post
>> rushed to print in the Judge Roy Moore story? It appears that there
>> were a few important biographical items left out of the narrative
>> since the Thursday salacious details of “inappropriate sexual conduct”
>> became public.
>>
>> The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple reported that the former Alabama
>> Supreme Court justice was accused of sexual impropriety 38 years ago.
>> But the story becomes something different when you add in the latest
>> information from Fox News Friday evening.
>>
>> It appears that one of the women accusing Moore reportedly worked as a
>> sign language interpreter for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
>>
>> https://mediaequalizer.com/kyleeidson/2017/11/rush-to-judgment-more-on-moore
>>
>
> See? Roy Moore is just an innocent victim of... wait for it... Hillary
> Clinton!
>
And conspiring to frame someone for rape would be a sex crime wouldn't
> On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>> well, recounting her own experience with the onetime comedian,
>> liberal radio host and activist.
>
> Here is a sample of Media Equalizer, commenting on Roy Moore.
> Tell me... do you find them credible?
>
>> Rush to judgment, more on Moore
>>
>> How much fact-checking actually took place before the Washington Post
>> rushed to print in the Judge Roy Moore story? It appears that there
>> were a few important biographical items left out of the narrative
>> since the Thursday salacious details of “inappropriate sexual conduct”
>> became public.
>>
>> The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple reported that the former Alabama
>> Supreme Court justice was accused of sexual impropriety 38 years ago.
>> But the story becomes something different when you add in the latest
>> information from Fox News Friday evening.
>>
>> It appears that one of the women accusing Moore reportedly worked as a
>> sign language interpreter for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
>>
>> https://mediaequalizer.com/kyleeidson/2017/11/rush-to-judgment-more-on-moore
>>
>
> See? Roy Moore is just an innocent victim of... wait for it... Hillary
> Clinton!
>
it? That would make Hillary a sexual offender, like Bill Clinton.
--
That's Karma
#BeamMeUpScotty
Nov 17, 2017, 2:33:34 PM11/17/17
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mammory glands are NOT sex glands.... so why it touching them
considered a sexual (dirty joke) funny thing?
Why would Franken a Liberal be targeting a NON sexual part of a woman's
anatomy to make a witty clever and sexual comedy scene in a picture?
Boobs aren't even sexual according to Liberals. Feminists consider them
maternal and therefore evil and enslaving.
--
That's Karma
Hedley
Nov 17, 2017, 2:48:35 PM11/17/17
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>On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>> well...
>
>Notes: Media Equalizer is a news and opinion blog with a strong right
>wing bias in reporting.
And what are the LA Times and Washington Post, dickless?
>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>> well...
>
>Notes: Media Equalizer is a news and opinion blog with a strong right
>wing bias in reporting.
What kind of dirtbag is Gloria Allred?
What kind of dirtbags does she associate with?
trotsky
Nov 17, 2017, 5:27:09 PM11/17/17
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FPP
Nov 17, 2017, 7:27:58 PM11/17/17
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his good work!
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outsider who no one thought had a shot at running this country: Vladimir
Putin - Stephen Colbert
FPP
Nov 17, 2017, 7:50:10 PM11/17/17
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sources.
And Gloria Allred has nothing to do with this.
She's just a dog with a puffy tail that's you're all exited to see run by.
Try not to be distracted.
FPP
Nov 17, 2017, 7:50:11 PM11/17/17
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FPP
Nov 17, 2017, 7:50:11 PM11/17/17
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that have no basis in fact.
FPP
Nov 17, 2017, 7:50:12 PM11/17/17
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something there!
trotsky
Nov 18, 2017, 7:03:43 AM11/18/17
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On 11/17/17 6:27 PM, FPP wrote:
> On 11/17/17 5:27 PM, trotsky wrote:
>> On 11/17/2017 12:15 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> In article <n00jsi$mlf$8...@dont-email.me>,
>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media
>>>> and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
>>>> Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
>>>
>>> At yesterday's White House press conference:
>>>
>>> 12 questions about Moore
>>>
>>> 0 questions about Franken
>>
>>
>> What's your point?
>>
>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>>
>
> He's showing us he can count... It is an improvement, so let's encourage
> his good work!
Oh, I thought he was trying to say Moore was unnecessarily being singled
> On 11/17/17 5:27 PM, trotsky wrote:
>> On 11/17/2017 12:15 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> In article <n00jsi$mlf$8...@dont-email.me>,
>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the media
>>>> and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
>>>> Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
>>>
>>> At yesterday's White House press conference:
>>>
>>> 12 questions about Moore
>>>
>>> 0 questions about Franken
>>
>>
>> What's your point?
>>
>>
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>>
>
> He's showing us he can count... It is an improvement, so let's encourage
> his good work!
out and that his behavior was comparable to Franken's. Because that
would be monumentally stupid.
NoBody
Nov 18, 2017, 9:17:04 AM11/18/17
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to claims of sexual advances that have been denied...duh....
NoBody
Nov 18, 2017, 9:18:15 AM11/18/17
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:24:57 -0500, FPP <fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 11/17/17 2:48 PM, Hedley wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:55:02 -0500, FPP <fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>>>> well...
>>>
>>> Notes: Media Equalizer is a news and opinion blog with a strong right
>>> wing bias in reporting.
>>
>> And what are the LA Times and Washington Post, dickless?
>>
>> What kind of dirtbag is Gloria Allred?
>>
>> What kind of dirtbags does she associate with?
>
>They're media that verified their story about Moore with 30 different
>sources.
Name the sources.
>On 11/17/17 2:48 PM, Hedley wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:55:02 -0500, FPP <fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/16/17 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come forward as
>>>> well...
>>>
>>> Notes: Media Equalizer is a news and opinion blog with a strong right
>>> wing bias in reporting.
>>
>> And what are the LA Times and Washington Post, dickless?
>>
>> What kind of dirtbag is Gloria Allred?
>>
>> What kind of dirtbags does she associate with?
>
>They're media that verified their story about Moore with 30 different
>sources.
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