Where credit it due....

It has been approximately five weeks since Tara Reade levied sexual assault allegations against presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden. The alleged incident was said to have taken place in 1993 when Reade was a 20-something junior staffer in Biden's U.S. Senate office.

Not surprisingly, leftists and their preferred media outlets have barely given it a cursory mention.....until this past week. 

MSNBC prime time host Chris Hayes got into hot water with many leftists for daring to suggest that people should take Reade's allegations seriously. No, he didn't presume Biden's guilt. He didn't even suggest that Reade needs to be believed "full stop." But his simple contention that the incident is worth looking into resulted in #FireChrisHayes trending on Twitter. 

But perhaps the maddest of mad props should go to Mika Brzezinski, co-host of the weekday morning MSNBC program Morning Joe. It turned out to be the first interview where Biden himself was asked directly about the allegations. And to her credit, Brzezinski did not lob rhetorical softballs. 

One thing that has to be driving leftists batty is the fact they can't dismiss this as merely a Fox News driven story. MSNBC is the favorite network of many proggies, so the impotent rage I'm certain is a sight to behold.

Another thing to consider is the general election is a little more than six months away, which is eons in political time. If reporting on the Reade allegations steadily die down from here, a leftist network like MSNBC can have plausible deniability by saying they gave the story its due diligence. Of course there won't be wall-to-wall coverage like there was for the paper thin allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, but the public at large can never say that a prominent network didn't report on Biden's accuser. And while it may seem like faint praise, I give kudos to Hayes and Brzezinski for being willing to broach the issue.

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