Flashback: NYT’s Chief #MeToo Reporter Dismisses, Shrugs Off Platner Allegations

EXCERPT:

KANTOR: “Well, let’s talk about what they may or may not be willing to overlook. The accusations against Graham Platner are not classic Me Too accusations. They’re not about a boss and a young female employee being subjected to sexual advances. They’re — they were mostly made in the context of consensual relationships. There are these very sensational texts about sex. There are allegations from former girlfriends that are not — the way my colleagues reported them — were not classic abuse allegations. They were mostly like, being his boyfriend gave me a view into him, and I did not like what I saw. His character was scary, he had this Nazi tattoo, et cetera. There was one of crossing a line physically but I think that means that these are pretty different accusations than say the one that the ones that President Trump faced and, of course, in the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape President Trump bragged about grabbing women against their will. And so I think it speaks to the kind of confusion of the long post-Me Too moment, in which, like, gender-related accusations get bundled together, but they’re actually very different.”