When Christine Blasey Ford publicly accused then-appointed Supreme Court associate Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in September 2018, the New York Times left-wing editorial board rushed to cover the story, demanding answers while Kavanaugh’s career was in full swing. risk.
In the days and weeks since several allegations of sexual misconduct have arisen against New York’s Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo, the newspaper’s editorial board has remained silent on the matter, even after an image posted on social media by an alleged victim and a nationally televised interview with another supported his claims.
A succession of women came forward claiming that Cuomo sexually harassed or made inappropriate advances towards them after former aide Lindsey Boylan filed charges against the Democrat in late February.
The Times’ editorial board, which published several columns responding to Ford’s claim that Kavanaugh tried to sexually assault her at a high school party more than three decades earlier, has yet to mention the charges against Cuomo, focusing its March columns on overreach of Big Tech and the situation in Libya.
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In a September 2018 article entitled “Why America needs to hear Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser”, the editorial board wrote:
“As in the case of so many scenarios he-said / she-said, there is a lot we don’t know and we will probably never know for sure. But there are two things that we know.
“First of all, there are no advantages for women who present stories of sexual harassment or assault, especially when the accused is a famous or powerful man. No matter how reliable the story is. Simply by telling it, a woman can expect to be ridiculed in the press and suffer much worse on social media, if not in real life. “
The newspaper went on to explain that Ford “did not give the public any reason to doubt its credibility”, arguing that the same cannot be said of Judge Kavanaugh, “who gave the Senate Judiciary Committee a misleading or inaccurate testimony over the years.”
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By the council’s own metric, Cuomo’s denial of the allegations of aggression, which coincides with an investigation in his administration for allegedly concealing the numbers of coronavirus deaths in New York’s nursing homes – has less weight than his claims. accusers, but The Lady Gray remains silent on the matter.
In a subsequent column entitled “Brett Kavanaugh, America needs answers today”, the newspaper detailed “a horrible injustice” felt by countless American girls and women “who have had their lives ‘derailed’ for sexual abuse, to use the term by one of Judge Kavanaugh’s accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, while the boys and men who abused them – maturing, telling themselves that they left aside childish habits, omitting, avoiding, forgetting – went on to successful careers and public acclaim. “
In an October 2018 column titled “How Brett Kavanaugh Failed”, the editorial board urged the Senate to vote against his confirmation, arguing that he provided misleading answers under oath during the hearings. “If Judge Kavanaugh is going to lie about small things, isn’t he going to lie about big things too?” they asked, pointing to Ford’s claims.
The newspaper was later forced to issue an apology in 2019 after deleting an “offensive” Twitter message promoting a Times article that graphically described an obscene act that Kavanaugh was accused of having committed during his college years. Critics scolded the newspaper for writing at the time that the sexual act “may seem like harmless fun”.
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As Cuomo tries to navigate through several scandals and a federal investigation into the nursing home scandal, critics wonder when, if ever, the growing allegations of sexual harassment, the governor’s repeated denials and his truth-tainted history will be examined by the Times editorial. team.