That’s the exact climate McCarthy created. Remember, being a “commie” meant you wanted the entire ‘Murican way of life destroyed.

Not sure this is the greatest analogy.

Burn it all down. If you haven’t been grabbing the asses of multiple women in your career, you’ll be fine.

If you’re going to post someone’s name as a rapist you better be damn right. If they don’t get convicted will they post a “oops we’re sorry” sign?

I would happily pay more taxes so that veterans receive the mental and physical care they need after they return, because I am done having to fawn over every single veteran like they are George Washington. We went from spitting on soldiers who were drafted in Vietnam, which was disgusting, to fawning over every…

As someone who has been with Jezebel since almost the beginning I would definitely disagree with the “Jezebel would respectfully disagree with your assertion.” More and more frequently writers disrespect anyone who doesn’t 100% agree with them - and their minions are the same. Seriously, agree or disagree with the…

Hear, hear. And had she not been a shit bag to women this reveal could’ve been a fun celebration of a Girl Who Did It Her Way. Alas, she was a shit bag.

It was certainly written in a more sympathetic tone than it would have been had this actually been a 30-something man. I doubt his pain would have been acknowledged. And she wasn’t 13 forever.

Not a good look for you. Once again, getting your ass handed to you by real journalists. You ever get tired of it?

Just because she felt that way does not make it true. As well it is insane to look past the abuse. She is a sociopath that seems to thrive on manipulation and it’s insane that you can read this story and go “forget the abuse, let’s talk about how she thought she couldn’t make it as a woman in this field”. She didn’t…

Does anyone else find it odd that, in the middle of Hollywood imploding over sexual harassment/assault allegations, this story practically gives this woman a pass on being a manipulative pyscho? I mean... in many (most?) states, what she did would be considered crimes, no?

You are, plainly, right.

Lazy, cherry-picking hack.

Nah. The only ones showing their ass are people like you who want to use an honest an trivial mistake as a way to dismiss an altogether reasonable post.

Exactly. I love Jez, and all the GMG sites, and have for a long time. However, they don’t carry the legitimacy and seriousness of the NYT. Giz maybe does if it comes to breaking news in any kind of tech world, but that’s about it. It’s unfortunate, because a lot of great things have come out of GMG over the years.

No they didn’t. They had reports but no verified facts. They tried but couldn’t get anyone on the record. Journalists don’t run stories based on rumors and unverified facts. Tabloids do that. Want to release the story? Dig deeper.

I appreciate the Fact Pattern from Jezebel. I want to be clear up front, Louis CK can go fuck himself and I was always willing to believe the women he has harrassed.

People have the right to tell their own stories when they are ready to tell them. Reporting those stories without their permission, reporting them as rumors or “open secrets” is unfair to the victims and can even undermine their story when/if they’re ready to tell it. It may actually cause harm to the victims. Why…

No, as I’ve said before, if there is a rumor they should have jumped in with both feet. They should have gone to female comics and male comics. They should have talked with workers at comedy clubs and festivals. They should have made the fact that some rumors have been disavowed by women while stating that the fact…

I’m sorry. I like this site. But to be clear, you have been horrible to Kirkman (including linking to a rumor she specifically denied several times when writing about CK) and you did go about journalism the wrong way while the NYT did it the right way.