Tara Reade Accuses NYT Reporter of Mishandling 2 Abuse Claims Against Biden and Platner
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 5
Tara Reade Accuses NYT Reporter of Mishandling 2 Abuse Claims Against Biden and Platner
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 5
Summary
Tara Reade said Friday that New York Times reporter Lisa Lerer handled her 2020 allegation against Joe Biden much like Lyndsey Fifield says the paper handled her claims against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Reade said Lerer downplayed corroborating accounts, omitted supportive quotes and scrutinized her personal history, while Fifield wrote on X that the Times sidelined other women's sexual-assault allegations and wrongly said nobody could corroborate her account.
The Times said it accurately presented accounts from several women who had romantic relationships with Platner and stood by its reporting; Lerer did not respond to Fox News Digital.
Platner has denied the abuse allegations, calling claims of physicality "simply not true," while Biden denied Reade's assault accusation during the 2020 campaign and went on to win the presidency.