Media Matters cast me as the mastermind behind a purported tinfoil hat smear in a blog post Monday headlined, "Pro-Kavanaugh conspiracy theory suggests Christine Ford hypnotized herself into creating false memory of assault by Kavanaugh."
A co-author of the study is quoted by Media Matters responding to this self-hypnosis conspiracy theory, predictably saying, "The claims being spread about Ford and the study are 'absolutely ridiculous' and 'the study had absolutely nothing to do with the creation of false memories, or the creation of memories of any kind.'".
Not since Ray Bolger skipped across the screen with Judy Garland has a more creative strawman been invented! Of course it is ridiculous to think that Ford hypnotized herself to create a false memory of her purported sexual assault by Kavanaugh! And no one to my knowledge has suggested that the study had anything to do with the creation of false memories or that Ford participated in the study.
During last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Ford testified that she suffers from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Republican Sen. Charles Grassley wrote Ford's attorneys Tuesday renewing the Judiciary Committee's request for the notes from the therapy sessions in which Ford discussed the alleged assault.
Beyond these inconsistencies, the recent discovery of Ford's co-authorship of a study that highlighted the clinical benefits of hypnosis and self-hypnosis increases the importance of Ford's therapy notes: Those notes will reveal whether Ford underwent any form of hypnosis.
"This fact is key because, as The Federalist's Sean Davis - the other target of Media Matter's smear - explained, the article Ford co-authored relied on other studies of hypnosis, including one that noted hypnosis as a means of recovering traumatic memories could lead to the"contamination" of those memories.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/03/media-matters-mangles-the-facts-to-smear-those-questioning-ford/
A co-author of the study is quoted by Media Matters responding to this self-hypnosis conspiracy theory, predictably saying, "The claims being spread about Ford and the study are 'absolutely ridiculous' and 'the study had absolutely nothing to do with the creation of false memories, or the creation of memories of any kind.'".
Not since Ray Bolger skipped across the screen with Judy Garland has a more creative strawman been invented! Of course it is ridiculous to think that Ford hypnotized herself to create a false memory of her purported sexual assault by Kavanaugh! And no one to my knowledge has suggested that the study had anything to do with the creation of false memories or that Ford participated in the study.
During last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Ford testified that she suffers from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Republican Sen. Charles Grassley wrote Ford's attorneys Tuesday renewing the Judiciary Committee's request for the notes from the therapy sessions in which Ford discussed the alleged assault.
Beyond these inconsistencies, the recent discovery of Ford's co-authorship of a study that highlighted the clinical benefits of hypnosis and self-hypnosis increases the importance of Ford's therapy notes: Those notes will reveal whether Ford underwent any form of hypnosis.
"This fact is key because, as The Federalist's Sean Davis - the other target of Media Matter's smear - explained, the article Ford co-authored relied on other studies of hypnosis, including one that noted hypnosis as a means of recovering traumatic memories could lead to the"contamination" of those memories.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/03/media-matters-mangles-the-facts-to-smear-those-questioning-ford/
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