Thread by @JohnMashey, P1/ Faked news+investigative Failures = False narrative on Franken@CNN @HuffPost @Jezebel @politico [...]

P1/ Faked news+investigative Failures = False narrative on Franken
@CNN @HuffPost @Jezebel @politico @TheAtlantic
did not vet stories like @washingtonpost @nytimes @NewYorker,
often failed W5H: Who,When,Where,What,Why,How?
We need good investigative reporting more than ever!

P2/ Top level overview of complaints and my opinions
3 Lies #1, #5, #8
3 False: at least part Lie/absurd #2, #4, #6
2 Unproven: unlikely, vague #3, #7
Do these 2 pages raise doubts?
(Be ready to ZOOM IN on some pages.

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P2/ Top level overview of complaints and my opinions3 Lies #1, #5, #83 False: at least part Lie/absurd #2, #4, #62 Unproven: unlikely, vague #3, #7Do these 2 pages raise doubts?(Be ready to ZOOM IN on some pages.)

P3/ The 8 allegation threads linked in P5 share context:
Z https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/942786010756218880 D A I L
M https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/947877100957995008 malleable memory
U https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/950532237920935936 USO
Despite oddities,people just assumed Franken guilty of Deliberate act, ignored possible Accident,Imagination,Lie.

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/942786010756218880

P4/ Photos of Franken with women
This thread collected miscellaneous photos, including some with other celebrities.
https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/949059918023176192 photos, misc
Flickr galleries enable quick, easy perusal of Franken with members of the public:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/137713489@N06/galleries/?rb=1

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/949059918023176192

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/994008106316148736

P6/ Complaint timeline & overall chronology
Most claimed actions occurred while Franken was on talk radio or candidacy.
Timeline: primary leapt rushed to publication with little obvious due diligence.
Only first or key stories, interviews; no attempt to be comprehensive.

P7/ 2 Key #MeToo

cases
Harvey Weinstein
NYTimes @jodikantor, @mega2e; @RachelAbramsNY @WRashbaum @gr_ashford
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html
New Yorker @RonanFarrow
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories

Rep Jackie Speier @RepSpeier
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-jackie-speier-shares-sexual-1509107499-htmlstory.html
Tweeden conflated Franken with Weinstein

P7/ 2 Key #MeToo casesHarvey WeinsteinNYTimes @jodikantor, @mega2e; @RachelAbramsNY @WRashbaum @gr_ashford https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.htmlNew Yorker @RonanFarrow https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-storiesRep Jackie Speier @RepSpeier http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-jackie-speier-shares-sexual-1509107499-htmlstory.html Tweeden conflated Franken with Weinstein

P8/ Sexual misconduct in American Politics @ballotpedia
Ballotpedia has been collecting examples, snapshotted here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180523201126/https://ballotpedia.org/Sexual_misconduct_in_American_politics_(2017-2018)
How often do politicians grope strangers during quick public photo ops (#2,3,4,5,8) or force kisses onstage (#6), at radio studio (#7)?

P9/ Female staffers
36 women from Saturday Night Live
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/saturday-night-live-female-stars-staff-support-al-franken-1060656
8 female Congressional staffers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/11/17/former-franken-female-staffers-speak-out-he-treated-us-with-the-utmost-respect
Supportive letters NEVER disprove misbehavior towards anyone else,
but these are yet more data that make the allegations vs Franken seem odd.

Former Franken female staffers speak out: ‘He treated us with the utmost respect’

The statement comes as the senator's accuser says she's willing to meet with him to discuss the allegations.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/saturday-night-live-female-stars-staff-support-al-franken-1060656

P10/ The Post on Charlie Rose @AmyJBrittain @irin @JulieATate @alice_crites
WaPO's investigation was excellent, worth examining to calibrate the primary stories on Franken.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/eight-women-say-charlie-rose-sexually-harassed-them--with-nudity-groping-and-lewd-calls/2017/11/20/9b168de8-caec-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html
May 4 lawsuit
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/three-women-file-suit-against-charlie-rose-and-cbs-news-over-sexual-harassment-allegations/2018/05/04/5baae1e2-4fab-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html

P11/ The Post detects a false claim (21 days)
@ShawnBoburg @byaaroncdavis @alice_crites & @TomLeGro and @DDaltonBennett
"A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-woman-approached-the-post-with-dramatic--and-false--tale-about-roy-moore-sje-appears-to-be-part-of-undercover-sting-operation/2017/11/27/0c2e335a-cfb6-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html

P12/ Excellent postmortem on story gone badly wrong
@SheilaCoronel, @SteveCollNY, @derekkravitz
Rolling Stone and UVA: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report - An anatomy of a journalistic failure A Rape on Campus' - What Went Wrong https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-rape-on-campus-what-went-wrong-20150405

P13/ George Takei’s Accuser Has Changed His Story of Drugging & Assault
Fine investigation by @shanesnow
http://observer.com/2018/05/george-takei-accuser-scott-brunton-changed-his-story-of-drugs-assault/
Imagination, Malleable Memory, "party story" + #MeToo

==> The Hollywood Reporter, (vague stories failed later, ) @donnajobridge
H/T @cabinloon

P13/ George Takei’s Accuser Has Changed His Story of Drugging & AssaultFine investigation by @shanesnow http://observer.com/2018/05/george-takei-accuser-scott-brunton-changed-his-story-of-drugs-assault/Imagination, Malleable Memory, "party story" + #MeToo ==> The Hollywood Reporter, (vague stories failed later, ) @donnajobridgeH/T @cabinloon

P14/ W5H: WHO, WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, WHY, HOW?
This section summarizes the detailed threads into a common format, as checklists for W5H.
Gray highlights => weaknesses in story, arrows show levels of concern.

P15/ A dense spreadsheet was used during my investigation as a checklist & aid to seeing patterns. Most of its information has been summarized earlier, but here it acts just as a reference header for the W5H analysis of the stories.
(Charts may need ZOOM IN).

P16/ WHO – got contacted by reporters
Most events were public, but reporters found zero eyewitness to harassment.
They got 13 Complainant-provided contacts provided by Complainants, most relatives & friends, but zero Independent contacts.
See Rolling Stone & Takei cases, P12-P13.

P17/ #1 Lie @LeeannTweeden
N https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/994008106316148736
@RadioGasBag @Johnnydontlike @jaketapper @mirandacgreen @jmsummers @mj_lee @CNNPolitics @pbs @AlmaFausto1 @TheView

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/994008106316148736

P18/ #2 False @LindsayMenz
A https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/943557901104193536
@mj_lee @CNNPolitics @wccoradio

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/943557901104193536

P19/ #3 Unproven Anon1
C https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/949745046743531520
@jenavievehatch @zackroth @HuffPost

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/949745046743531520

P20/ #4 False Anon4
D https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/950271105134075905
@zackroth @jenavievehatch @HuffPost

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/950271105134075905

P21/ #5 Lie Stephanie Kemplin
J https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/965652476564144128
K https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/952792459485958144 (earlier)
@mj_lee @CNNPolitics
@LarryDavisWKRC @NewsLaw1@KbieryGolick @AmandaWLWT

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/965652476564144128

P22/ #6 False Anon3
G0 https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/969095764751237122
G1 https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/953416287329296384 (earlier)
@annamerlan @Jezebel

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/969095764751237122

P23/ #7 Unproven Anon4
E https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/955691889323159554
@heatherscope @politico

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/955691889323159554

P24/ #8 Lie @TinaDupuy
T https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/963172454733512704
B https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/944005540841111552 (earlier)
@JeffreyGoldberg @TheAtlantic

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/963172454733512704

P25/ Errata, updates additions if needed
Please report errors or evidence, whether confirming or disconfirming analyses. My goal is best approximation of (often messy) truth.
I’m especially interested in process of Tweeden launch & interactions with Kemplin and perhaps Menz.

P26/ H/T @cabinloon Typo in P23, Politico, NOT Jezebel:
"It is really strange that she would not tell Boss right away, and that Boss wasn't interviewed/quoted by Jezebel."

P27/ The @nytimes published a summary of the effects of #MeToo

cases on 20 women, very useful as comparison with the 8 @AlFranken cases.
Hint: these were credible allegations, investigated credibly by reporters who know how.
https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1035024074622136322
This logically fits after P7.

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1035024074622136322

P28/ HOW DOES EVIDENCE CHANGE OPINIONS?
@the_unitron asked excellent question, well worth a formal thread to answer: https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1035312314411433985

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1035312314411433985

P29/ CORRECTION: Left frame 2nd column: "Stone certainly knew night of 11/16" was typo:
"night of 11/15"

P30/ CORRECTION Typos in P8.
As with Rep. Speier, allegations often came from women who worked for knew politician, whose goal many through sex. Many
Should read:
As with Rep. Speier, allegations often came from women who worked for/knew politician, whose goal many thought sex.

P31/ This analysis avoided discussion of the internal Senate dynamics that led to @alfranken's resignation, since I have no inside info.
However, since it keeps arising in campaigns, see these threads:
https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1086722677753012224 TL1-TL49
https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1122398333459243008 KG1-KG24

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1086722677753012224

P32/ In light of events here, it is clearly unwise for any male politician (or one who may sometime run for office in future) to ever touch any (non-relative) female except to shake hands. Even if asked, no hugs or arms-around in photo ops.
https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1117226333665259520 1-6

https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1117226333665259520

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