More than a year after Franken resigned from the US Senate, his story has been resurrected, this time by the highly-regarded journalist Jane Mayer in the New Yorker. She adeptly uncovers the journalistic failures and apparently less-than-legitimate motivations of Leeann Tweeden, the first woman to accuse Franken of harassment.

…Tweeden is a right-wing operative, and the story — and photo — broke via media outlets that didn’t do any real fact-checking or give Franken a right of response.

The nagging problem with the Al Franken case (Opinion) – CNN

Get it right, and stop twisting the narrative to suit your agenda. There’s plenty of actual real material out there that actually supports your point! The kiss was in the script long before Tweeden became part of the performance.

And a side point, if you want to support the #MeToo movement, stop conflating the Al Frankens and the Garrison Keilers with the Harvey Weinsteins. If you can’t do that, you are giving the Weinsteins of the world a pass. Which is it? #MeToo? Or #MakingItAllAboutMeGettingAttention?