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The abuse of Tara #Reade

Empathy, Tara Reade can attest, is still hard to come by for women who come forward to reveal horrendous accounts of sexual assault.

Depending on your choice in media, you may or may not know much about Reade and the story that she is recounting about her assault by former Vice President and current presidential hopeful Joe Biden while working as a staff assistant in 1993.

Reade's accusations deserve a thorough vetting, which despite early criticism, many media outlets are providing.

Unfortunately, in addition to the mass media fact-check, there's

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