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Showing Original Post only (View all)OK, I've gotta say, regarding Weinstein.... [View all]
When this story broke, my first question was, "Who??" I mean, I know he's well known, but it took me a minute to realize who he is. He's not exactly a household name, is he? Or am I hopelessly out of touch? It seems that most media coverage of this is playing it up as more both-sides-do-it, as if the right has Trump and the left has Weinstein. They are hardly the same thing! What he did is atrocious and he is being rightfully turned into a pariah, but I don't think the vast majority of Americans even knew who he was prior to this. It's kinda like the fact that no one had ever heard of Benghazi until it became a right-wing mantra. Am I off the mark here?
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I think it's getting way too much publicity and I think the reason why is because he
smirkymonkey
Oct 2017
#7
Weinstein has been well known for decades to people that follow the movie and
democratisphere
Oct 2017
#8
Watching MSNBC last nite and thought, ok its news but why is it dominating everything.
Kota
Oct 2017
#15
The funny part about that is that Marchesa blew up and became famous w/ actresses on red carpets
SaschaHM
Oct 2017
#23