Entertainment

The heated national exchange about the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment in the entertainment and media industries took another unexpected, but not altogether unsurprising, turn Thursday when CNN reported that veteran political journalist and “Game Change” author Mark Halperin has been accused of sexual harassment by no fewer than five women with whom he worked during his tenure as the director of political coverage at ABC News.

Halperin acknowledged the accusations in a statement to CNN, saying he didn’t understand at the time that his behavior was inappropriate.

If women keep this up, men are going to steer clear of them

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5014447/Actress-alleges-George-H-W-Bush-sexually-assaulted-her.html

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One week before Twitter executives are slated to testify before the Senate and House Intelligence Committees, the company has bowed to pressure from lawmakers and announced it will soon begin providing users with more information about political advertising appearing on its platform, CNBC reported.

Despite early polling showing him to be a favorite to defeat Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow, Robert James Ritchie – better known as the musician Kid Rock – told Howard Stern on Tuesday that he will not be running for senate in 2018.

How They Pull Our Strings

http://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/the-lobby-british-style/

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