1. It happened at a midtown bar, not at the conference
2. The person who assaulted them was not a conference attendee
3. The conference wasn't even a tech conference (!!), it was a legal conference
Not to detract from how upsetting I'm sure it was, or the other reports from other women. But, how is this not an incredibly misleading attempt to get clicks by making it tech-related?
1. There seems to be sanctioned and "external events". It happened at an external event. But it seems to have been some event related to the conference.
2. The article didn't say that, as far as I understand. Apparently, he wasn't there on behalf of his employer. In any case, he apparently got invited by an attending former colleague. Again, context of the conference.
3. It was a "legal tech" conference. What?
> But, how is this not an incredibly misleading attempt to get clicks by making it tech-related?
It's NPR, what kind of motives are you suggesting here? Pumping engagement metrics to get government funding?
I think, you intentionally framed the article at least as much, as you lament here.
> "We understand that the individual appeared at a nearby venue, as a local, on the invitation of a former colleague who is completely unassociated with Reveal. Moreover, he was not with Reveal employees at the venue and was present completely of his own accord."
I mean we can totally speculate what's considered "at the conference" in its culture all we want, I ended the argument with an "In any case...".
"Then they hit up a bar called The Three Monkeys, not far from the Hilton conference hotel in Midtown Manhattan." It sounds like they just went to get drinks at a bar. It being near the conference venue is meaningless, this is midtown Manhattan, there's 10 bars on every block and probably half a dozen conferences going on at any given time.
Someone else already addressed your second point.
> 3. It was a "legal tech" conference. What?
"Legalweek New York is the one week in which thousands of legal professionals gather to explore the Business and Regulatory Trends, Technology and Talent drivers impacting the industry" (from https://www.event.law.com/legalweek/who-we-are)
Any conference in any industry is probably going to involve technology at least a bit, because it's 2024 and technology is everywhere. That doesn't make it a "tech conference".