Spacey, too, tried to play the liberal cause card. And it worked out about as well.
The worst kept secret in Hollywood was that Kevin Spacey is gay. No one cared, but everyone knew. So when he issued his “apology” for what was essentially attempted child molestation, he tossed in that he chooses “to live as a gay man,” it was only to distract from the allegation, and It nearly worked.
Spacey didn’t have the power of Clinton or Weinstein, but he had the victim card, and that is the highest card in the liberal deck. Reuters declared, “Actor Kevin Spacey declares he lives life as a gay man” in its headline, ignoring the context in which he declared it. After criticism, it changed the headline to “Kevin Spacey embroiled in Hollywood’s latest sexual misconduct scandal.” There is no editor’s note about the headline change.
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