FYI-there are MANY independent journalists/non-journalists who've been falsely smeared on the Internet that were not lucky like me to have help from their parents to pay for an amazing lawyer—@BillAlwaysWins—to fight a David vs. Goliath battle on my behalf against HuffPo and
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others. I chose not to sue the blog author (he has no money & frankly I wanted 2 move on w/ rebuilding my career)-but I hope my story shows that "FAKE NEWS" is not only a right-wing Trumpian threat. It is also a daily threat from irresponsible, profit-obsessed clickbait outlets
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I didn't write this for pity---I wrote it bc to this day I experience pain at seeing the phrase sexual assault attached to my name on the Internet. At the time of the accusation, I was diplomatic and did not state the obvious bc we were living in the early days of
#MeToo
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Where a man was basically declared guilty by tweet damn the facts. But definitively--the accusation made against me was 100% false and the woman made it up (with quite a lot of goating from the HuffPo author and others in a FB chat). Despite this, I support the
#MeToo
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and survivors bc there are A LOT of bad men in the world and workplace and MANY of those accused are guilty of horrific acts of violence and abuse. In my case, it simply was not true but, unfortunately, I was an early example of a herd-mentality rush to judgment. In conclusion...
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I hope people who spend most of their days/lives on the Internet learn to more carefully/closely vet information and accusations of ANY kind--and not merely draw conclusions based on tribalism or ideology or whatever the hot Twitter hashtag of the moment is.
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Replying to @JordanChariton
Ty was so flatout grateful for u giving him a break, of course he sided with your side of the story. I call that + the groupy female who was there who had been with you since Standing Rock “tribalism” Of course y’all covered against the accuser. It was group sex, group rape, imo
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A) Ty was an employee of TYT...they gave him a job, not me. He was also falsely accused by the accuser B) Jenn already worked with me for months before the accusation. Her and I were already working on launching our own media company b4 the accusation c) You are spreading lies
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Ty released a video thanking YOU personally for you getting him a job at TYT. Not a lie
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Ty was LITERALLY hired as a freelancer in January 2017. I didn't know him at the time. He then worked with me for half a year as freelance (again hired by TYT without me knowing him). Yes, I recommended to Cenk to hire him full time and they did (because he earned it)...
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And while u spread lies about me, I literally have a trove of screen shots consisting of several people in a FB chat openly admitting to trying to get me fired and also that they needed to "find more women" bc the accuser wasn't believable. But keep spreading ur lie
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