Tyson responds On Being Accused <https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/on-being-accused/10156870826326613/>
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:06 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > NDT should not be immune from the consequences of his actions of course, > and his employers and partners have a duty to investigate these charges. I > suggest waiting for the results of those investigations before putting too > much weight on these reports in Patheos. > > 1. The claims made by the two women in the piece cited here are relatively > mild; why not reference the far more serious claim, also published on > Patheos, from a woman says he raped her when they were in n graduate > school? This was published 3 weeks ago, and her claims have been public for > several years. I suspect the reason is that her claim so far has not been > supported anywhere near as well as those against the other well known men > of the metoo era. NDT was on Colbert ( in a taped piece) just this week; if > Colbert or CBS judged the rape allegations had any credibility it seems > they would not have used him. > > 2. Pathos is not a news site, it is a blog of religious opinion. It has > some interesting stuff, and some nonsense. Citing it as a source is a > little like citing Wikipedia as a source. It may be accurate, but it easily > may not. In this case blogger David Gee at Patheos seems to be making quite > an effort to get mileage out of charges that have been around a long time > without getting much support, even in the Red hot heat of metoo. Maybe he > knows something nobody else does, but I can think of other explanations > too. > > 3. I wonder what makes you say Colbert was “brutal” on Monves? I was > critical of him for going relatively easy, and making the bare minimum > comment he could. If a credible investigation ever reports a clear > indication that NDT raped a woman, I think you can be pretty sure that > Colbert’s comments will be at least as tough on him as he was on Monves - > but that’s a low bar. > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 8:32 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Colbert was brutal on Les Moonves. Wonder what he will say about Tyson, >> if the charges are substantiated? >> >> Neil DeGrasse Tyson investigated by Fox, NatGeo Networks >> >> NEW YORK (AP) - Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasseTyson will be >> investigated by Fox and National Geographic Networks after allegations of >> sexual misconduct were leveled against him. >> Patheos.com published accounts from two women who say that Tyson behaved >> in a sexually inappropriate manner with them. Tyson was host of "Cosmos: >> Possible Worlds" on Fox in 2014 and a new edition of the series was to air >> on National Geographic next year. >> In a statement the producers of "Cosmos" said: "The credo at the heart of >> 'Cosmos' is to follow the evidence wherever it leads. The producers of >> 'Cosmos' can do no less in this situation." >> They said they will conduct a thorough investigation. Meanwhile Fox and >> National Geographic say they only recently learned of the allegations and >> were reviewing the allegations. >> Besides numerous TV appearances, Tyson is also the director of the Hayden >> Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
