This is a pretty good synopsis of...what Katie Halper did wrong, by just tossing an accusation out without providing any of the backing investigative work that any real journalist would have done to be fair to their subject. https://www.google.com/amp/s/jezebel.com/tara-reades-allegations-deserve-more-care-1842515308/amp?espv=1

Halper, becuase all she knows how to do is online stunts, did a stunt...

And she should have had the self-awareness to pass it on to a real journalist.

Yes, I realize mainstream journalists wouldn't take it up. There are leftist journalists who do investigative work.

When I said "someone reputable," a lot of people are assuming I meant Jodi Kantor or Ronan Farrow.

No, I know of many people who do real reported work for leftist publication.

Katie isn't one of them. She lists herself as a comedian in her bio. She does not know HOW to report.

The problem for me isn't that she's a partisan. It's that she has no credibility at all. This would be like the Chapo assholes announcing they're suddenly "journalists" instead of personalities. They wouldn't know how.

In my first thread on this, I may have placed too much of the blame on Reade for not going to a real journalist.

But honestly... Halper should have known she's not a real journalist and should have turned this over to someone who could credibly report on it.

To be clear, if you didn't read the article, she did no investigative work.

She just posted her podcast interview.