Media Coverage of Alleged Biden Sexual Assault Sparks Bias Accusations

Pressure is mounting for former Vice President Joe Biden to finally address the allegations made by Tara Reade, a former staffer when Biden was a senator in the mid-1990s.

Up until now, the legacy media has formed a bit of a barricade around the Democrat's presumptive nominee for president by simply ignoring the story altogether, a privilege they did not afford now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process.

As Mollie Hemingway has pointed out at The Federalist, the double standard in how media outlets treated unfounded, uncorroborated allegations...

When Joe Biden entered the 2020 presidential primary, the media decided that they were suddenly very, very concerned that the former vice president was so touchy-feely with women, grabbing them and sniffing their hair. Biden's relentless touchiness and lack of respect for personal space had been documented and memed for years, but it only became a problem once he stood in the way of a madam president.

Biden should feel very lucky that Tara Reade waited before speaking up in greater detail until after he had clinched the Democratic nomination....