lena dunham tells the story in her memoir, that's how it's described, then a man came forward saying was coming under attack by people who believed he was her alleged rapist. do dunham and the publisher ignored that man until now. >> lena dunham claimedy was sexually assaulted after a party at oberlin college admitting at the time she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. she says her attacker was a notable republican with purple boots, a mustache and a deep voice who hosted a college radio show called real talk with jimbo. she identifies him as barry. listen now to part of that audio book. >> barry, audrey and i agreed, was creepy. in social settings he commanded attention with his aggressively masculine physicality in a voice that went barry white low. >> it turns out there was an easily identifiable conservative at the same time as lena dunham at oberlin and whose name was barry and led people to conclude he's the rapist. they say that barry is a pseudonym. other parts of the book she would say the name has been changed to protect the innocent. there was no footnote for ba

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speak of nickname, lena dunham's memoir named barry. a republican named barry.n walking around with this false accusation on his back. >> example number two, breitbart.com detailed 4,000 word story that basically -- it was a hoax, that none of the materials that she stated in the random house book were identified fiable or verifiable except the fact that the campus existed at observer lynn college. nothing else besides that. so a person they're now calling barry one, got a lawyer, set up a fund to go after and claim his name. now random house has admitted that they would pay his legal fees, that there will be a disclaimer. but i expect more to go forward on this, including perhaps, perhaps that all the books be recalled and this to be a huge, huge libel suit that random house, the german-owned publishing company, to be hit big, big time. >> there is a disclaimer on the new edition. >> there is a disclaimer. this is part of the big liberal media mein now. get it wrong, refuse to apologize and then attack the people who pointed out your falsehoods. we've seen it t

self-proclaimed cat lover, she showed off the present lena dunham got her.nt to borrow your necklace. >> no. i might want to borrow her friends but not -- >> that, too. >>> next up, the adorable prince george and all i can say is adorable. the british royal family releasing new photos of the boy who will be king. you got to see these little cheeks. that's paula and i are in love with. >> i just want to grab those cheeks. >> clearly he's capturing hearts around the world. he turned 1 on july 22nd. during their recent trip to the u.s., prince william revealed his son loves to play with his parents' ipad. >> every kid likes the ipad. >> it's like a little baby-sitter. >> my 11-month-old goes after my iphone. like he already knows -- >> does he knows your passwords? >> no. >>> and there's more baby news to tell you about. hayden panettiere is a brand-new mom. the actress and singer welcomed her first child with her husband, to a baby girl. she weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces and she was 20 inches long. hayden revealed that she was having a girl when she showed

why has lena dunham been so popular popular with less her new book and discussions sister like a her sexual predator the way she her little sister into doing very strange things with her. dunham ink that lena before there point of ontroversy has gotten a lot of controversy because she does things for effect. she writes things and appears inside her show. a portrays young women in way that is helpless and needy portrays essful and this disshelfed life as something that should be living off your parents is ok. she's had that success because of the shock value. at some point shock value runs out and i think that people are olding her accountable for her actions she once thought were it y which are not when comes to standard of not objectifying women as if they re only good for sexual activity. host: when it your life did you know you were a conservative? guess i get that question. i think i always knew. it was really a kitchen table thing. they never sat me down and differences between liberal or conservative, democratic or republican but things e talking about that were affecting our f

lena dunham is in the news because she wrote a book for which she was paid nearly $4 million. she said she had been the victim of a rape and a guy's name was barry. random house, publisher, offered to pay this student's legal fees and said this wasn't a real person, it was a pseudonym. does this tarnish her credibility? >> i don't think it tarnishes her question about a storyteller. she is a storyteller in another way. she is a talented storyteller. i think she made a huge mistake with the way she went about handling this in her memoir. memoirs are a tough agenda when you're 28. there's a lot of reasons why it's a tough genre at 28. i wish she had handled it differently. i think the outcome as far as it goes is about as good as you can expect. >> leena dunhan says she was drunk that night, cokinged up, took this guy to her apartment and wasn't happy with him being rough with her. at another point in the book, she said she's an unreliable narrator. leena dunnham says i've been attacked online, reporters have attempted to uncover the identity of my attacker. my work has been tor

has -- why has lena dunham been so popular? >> her discussions about treating her sick sister and acting like a sexual predator -- she describes it in her own book, luring her sister into doing strange things. before this point of controversy she had gotten a lot of attention because she does things for sex. she writes things, she appears naked a lot inside her show. she portray trays young women in a way that is helpless, needy, unsuccessful. sheep are traced this disheveled life as something that should be celebrated, as of living off your parents is ok. the shock value, but at some point shock value runs out. i think people are holding her accountable now. >> when in your life did you know that you were a conservative? >> i get that question a lot. i think that i always knew. i think it was a kitchen table kind of thing. they never sat me down and describe the differences. but they were talking about things affecting our family. i was hearing in learning these things as an observer, but i do know that when i was six, i wrote

in her memoir, lena dunham wrote of a conservative man named barry who assaulted her in college.barry who had actually nothing to do with the allegations. she's apologized, but others attacked her calling her narcissistic. redstate writes, quote, the idea that there is any risk involved in a woman reporting a sexual assault is simply bullshit on a biscuit. papers don't report the names of accusers. if there is any risk involved in today's sexual climate it attaches firmly to the man. dunham stands by her story and writes on buzzfeed, quote, survivors have the right to tell their stories, to take back control after the ultimate loss of control. there's no right way to survive rape and there's no right way to be a victim. what survivors need more than anything is to be supported, whether they choose to pursue a criminal investigation or rebuild their world on their own terms. you can help by never defining a survivor by what has been taken away from her. you can help by saying i believe you. let's talk about all this with our next guest. her name is susan patton, the author of "mar

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and lena done -- dunham is writing for the issue. i know that was stupid. that is the whole point.want to keep the lighthearted and the family friendly tone. we have to do it in the present times and that forces us to change. i believe we have a preview of the new archie. you shouldn't have betrayed me. oh wow, that's beautiful. we made that. i guess we have to say we made that or they will sue us. you are like an archie who works out. >> archie has the initials aa and i'm an aa. that's the only similarity. they already made it so dark. they have already had zombies over run riverdale. archie is already dead. >> he died. >> how dark do you want to go? is jug head a crack head and is the soda shop a meth lab? jay how far do we have to go before we erase the archie i grew up with. >> i never got into archie. i never understood the appeal. i was more into the duck who never wore pants. >> scrooge. >> i think it was scrooge. >> i guess none of them wore pants. >> i like ducks when they don't wear pants. it doesn't even have to be in a comic strip. go to my website, ducks without pants

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. >> look at this out of the washington post, they say a change will be made for lena dunham's new memoiry about dunham being raped by a classmate named barry at overland college. so her description of barry closely matches an actual student of the same name. however that barry has since denied committing the crime. future edition. the book will note barry is simply a sued name. >> this book has got some issues. didn't she have problems goggleing her sister. >> what created a stir, she created a description how she would treat her sister. >> being bad. >> overwhelm a kissing position. >> yeah. no, it's look at the very least it's a little disturbing. >> describes her behavior as being close to a pedophile. >> i'm not sure about that. but maybe. yeah. i don't know, it was very, this book has issues. >> it's controversial. >> a good confident read. >> a stocking stuffer. >> okay. >> this morning, we have another look at the new bloomberg politics poll, this time focusing on the national football league and how parents feel about their children playing sports. more than half of those polled

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