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The Optics of Liam Bartlett Interviewing Bruce Lareman

I felt profoundly sad and sort of grubby after watching this interview. It's a really hard story to unpack because when the trial was aborted, Lareman did not actually clear his name. But at the same time, he was not found guilty. And I've spoken on this show lots of times about how I think that the legal system when it comes to sexual assault cases needs reform urgently. No satisfactory verdict has been found in this case. This is literally what we're left with. He said, she said, dueling primetime TV interviews, you guys make your minds up. The optics of having Liam Bartlett, a man interview him seemed very Lisa and Britney versus

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