Media place burden of proof on Kavanaugh

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stands accused of committing sexual assault more than 30 years ago, and many in the news media believe it’s up to him to prove it didn’t happen, even as they admit that will be difficult or even impossible to do.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, negotiated a Thursday hearing in which both Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, will testify. According to some in the press, it’s up to Kavanaugh to show he’s innocent, while Ford’s story has found sympathetic ears in the press despite the lack of evidence or even a clear recollection on her part about what happened in 1982.