QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: How Do These Liberal Monsters Hide In Plain Sight?
The Schneiderman case is still fresh, reports of circulating rumors have yet to be discovered. But that passage from Farrow about him being “too valuable a politician for the Democrats to lose,” leaves little doubt that such knowledge was had. That sentiment does not occur in a vacuum.
The world in which Schneiderman and Weinstein operated is small, people don’t move into or out of it with regularity. Dating in insulated, powerful circles means people tend to know much of the business of others. To put it another way, people talk. That’s how rumors spread.
So how is it that no one in the media heard anything about either of these men until their stories were reported? How was it “news to them”? It is, after all, the jobs of these people to observe, to gain information, then disseminate that information to the public, particularly information about the powerful and politicians.
The reason is rather simple, and it’s one of the main complaints about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner – that the media elite are too close, too friendly with the people they cover, specifically liberal politicians, to cover them honestly.
Even if they were only acquaintances, no one wants to be the skunk at the garden party. Operating in the same social circles pollutes the relationship between journalist and politician, even when they agree politically. That means rumors are ignored or laughed off, no matter how many times they’re heard or their source.
—Derek Hunter, Townhall, today.
Which is why, often, the first instinct by their employers is to assume that the victims are the real issue:
The former producer described the HR department at the network as completely unhelpful, indicating that they didn’t take complaints seriously and would try to turn the victim into the problem.
“Their common first instinct is to protect the talent, no matter what the complaint, and then turn the victim into the problem,” the producer insisted. “When he turns on you, look out. All they do is protect him. All they do is protect him from himself.”
All five of the sources TheDC spoke to expressed fears that speaking out publicly against Matthews could hurt their careers.
“No other workplace like this exists where you can get away with that,” the former producer concluded.
—“Sources: Chris Matthews Runs An Abusive Work Environment,” Amber Athey, the Daily Caller, December 31, 2017.
Which helps to explain the network’s latest modified limited hangout. As John Nolte writes at Big Journalism, “NBC News Investigated Itself and Found No Culture of Harassment at NBC News.”
Just NBC the Möbius loop!