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CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Why Is the Media Ignoring the Stunning New Trump-Epstein Allegations?

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Why Is the Media Ignoring the Stunning New Trump-Epstein Allegations?

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CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent asks why the media is obsessing over Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke while largely ignoring allegations of Trump’s sexual assaults. Plus: Republicans prepare to cry election fraud.
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  • switcheroo@lemmy.world
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    The pedos own the media.

  • Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip
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    Because anyone with half a brain has known this for ages. Trump and Epstein were business partners in the international child sex trafficking ring.

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    Wore it out. We’ve heard nothing but trump=pedo forever now, people are fatigued with that information.

    It doesn’t generate clicks anymore. So the news doesn’t care.

    However, that mental 14 year old shitlord trump trash talking Talarico? They love covering that drivel.

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      Close. The answer is they are owned by wealthy elites that are covering for pedophiles.

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      Racism and bigotry never wear out, but pedos are socially accepted now so move on.

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    …because allegations don’t get it done.

    We need him bang-to-rights. No wiggle room. Conclusive evidence. He’s the most powerful man in the world and he shrugs off allegations.

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    Why is the Media Ignoring the […] allegations?

    Because Americans ignored similar allegations last time and voted the shithead into power. If they didn’t care then, why should they care now? Trump was a convicted felon and an adjudicated rapist when they elected him. New allegations are just resume padding.

    Edit: I meant rapist, not racist (though Trump is both)

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    People forgot that major news outlets are now owned by a handful of oligarchs. So, it’s in their every interest to put the story under the rug.

    • Denfa@lemmy.world
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      Since before 2016

      https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/06/01/these-15-billionaires-own-americas-news-media-companies/

    • SecretiveVault@lemmy.zip
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      Exactly this. They’re all owned by his friends, rich pedophile freaks with an addiction to hoarding wealth

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      Bingo! Look to the top of the organization charts or at least who funds them.

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    Legacy media loves Trump. They created him and they will never betray him. Legacy media are all nazi cockroaches who should be treated as such.

    Support independent media.

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      Yep. It’s telling that the ONLY time they played hard ball with Trump is when he attacked their industry to limit access. Everything else he does? Easy pass.

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    Because Trump will sic FCC chair Brendan Carr on them, if they mention anything “bad” about Dear Leader.

    Mainstream media’s been cucked by a NY conman grifter with a penchant for lawsuits.

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      They’re all cowards. The movie trope of the hero newspaper journalist and their faithful editor is a fucking joke.

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    Because some of those who work forces, work in news offices.

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    The media is owned by billionaires with an agenda. They shape the narrative for all of us, for the most part.

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    For the same reason they ignored the stunning old Trump-Epstein Allegations:

    Because their owners on the surrounding pages doing the exact same thing.

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    It’s owned by the Epstein class. You want them to expose themselves to anyone that isn’t an under age girl in duress?

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      yup billionaires have cucked the legislatures

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        Capitalism is incompatible with democracy. It’s a form of government- oligarchy. It’s more or less feudalism with extra math, and it’s an active competitor of democracy and rule of law.

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          Exactly. Human greed ensures it.

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          You’re misunderstanding it bro. The peasants can totally have this sliver of democracy while the entire economic system is made up of thousands of competing oligarchies/plutocracies, allowed to be ruled by kings, with their own private militaries and propaganda operations, and grow wealthier than entire nation states. Nothing sus.

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    In the US, it’s probably because most of the mainstream media is owned by conservatives.

    Examples:

    • Rupert Murdoch owns Fox News, NY Post, and the Wall Street Journal.

    • CNN and CBS News (as weak as a number of other channels) are run by the Ellison family. There has been talk of making them sell CNN to someone else, but it hasn’t happened yet.

    • The Washington Post is owned by Amazon mogul, Jeff Bezos.

    • The Hill and NewsNation are owned by Nextstar (who also own the largest number of broadcast tv stations). Founded and run by Perry Sook.

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      What’s amusing is that for decades, conservatives have been howling about the “liberal media”.

      It was absurd when you had about 3 major corporate networks and a cable station like CNN doing all of the gatekeeping, but maybe a bit of diversity among the various papers - but it was hard to really tell people about the absurdity of that without the internet.

      But now it’s absolutely cartoonish to claim there is a “liberal media”. And yet the right still do it.

      New York Times is probably one of the last papers with the resources and the tradition of at least doing something akin to reality-based reporting, but they love to play the both-sides game. To the right, though, they represent some far-left fringe, LOL.

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        conservatives have been howling about the “liberal media”.

        That’s because they’re brain dead. “The hat is red, the brain is dead.” And yes, some are malicious little pricks that knowingly spread bullshit for bait, trolling, and likes/subscriptions for their blather factories.

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        It’s honestly one of the most damaging and insidious things the media has successfully convinced the average American of

        The NY Times has been carrying water for the right at the very least since the war in Iraq.

        It’s insane how the right has been able to convince people that they’re “far left.”

        The Overton Window in the US is so unbelievably far to the right.

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      The House of Mouse isn’t conservative, but it tends to be complicit as fuck. Just go with the flow.

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        Disney is “liberal” or “progressive” when it’s convenient for revenue, nothing more.

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        Read The Extended Universe How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World. Disney is one of the shittiest companies.

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        Corporations don’t have ideologies, only financial incentives and strategic marketing.

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        Socially progressive, economically conservative. I.e. “It’s distasteful to be openly racist but I’ll vote for policies that inflict economic harm on poor minorities.”

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          …you say about the company that made Song of the South, among tons of other examples.

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      “…and they control all the media you consume so they decide all news and information you get to hear:

      THEY GOT YOU BY THE BALLS!

      …

      It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.”

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    Who owns the media?

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      https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/06/01/these-15-billionaires-own-americas-news-media-companies/

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      Depends on what you mean by “media”, there are many varieties and many owners. Fox for example is owned by the Murdoch family.

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        Billionaires. Billionaires is the answer.

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          Except for Democracy Now! They’re the ONE major news organization in the US not owned by a billionaire.

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          So… Lemmy is owned by billionaires?

          I did not know that

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            That’s the stupidest thing I’ve seen someone post today.

            How the heck is Lemmy the media? That’s like saying Reddit is the media.

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            I wouldn’t consider Lemmy “the media”.

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            see and i thought redditors never passed up a chance to sound stupid for attention.

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            Carl Von Lemmy, Super Genius.

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            For every one halfway intelligent thing you say, you undermine it with ten stupid statements

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      Shareholders.

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    New Details of Trump Rape Allegation Revealed in Democrats’ Epstein Report https://share.google/PsDrRYcwQP6FoqGfb

    Judiciary Democrats’ Report Details Mounting Evidence Linking Trump to Epstein’s Criminal Activities and DOJ’s Cover-Up; Specific Accounts Involving 11 Women Provide More Evidence of Potential Sex Crimes | U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats https://share.google/RjqBFxkQh1bMmLFE2

    Trump-Epstein ties covered up, House Democrats allege | Miami Herald https://share.google/4bnWhgvwaR8o29UVV

    Why Is the Media Ignoring the Stunning New Trump-Epstein Allegations? https://share.google/CMwPJxojm3eeNMc8q

    Trump Rape Allegation Detailed in New House Epstein Report | Law Commentary https://share.google/3GblADMDGq1wkngnt

    They’re not.

    If you mean why don’t CNN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, and whatever other mainstream cable 24-hour news aggregator consistently report on it… They’re not really news agencies. They work and live on ratings. So they report whatever makes them money and should not be treated as news.

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      https://time.com/article/2026/10/26/house-democrats-unveil-new-details-from-trump-accuser/

      https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-report-details-mounting-evidence-linking-trump-to-epstein-s-criminal-activities-and-doj-s-cover-up-specific-accounts-involving-11-women-provide-more-evidence-of-potential-sex-crimes

      https://miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article317782501.html

      https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/newsletter-why-is-the-media-ignoring-the-stunning-new-trump-epstein-allegations

      https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/trump-rape-allegation-house-epstein-report

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      Why all the google links?

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        I am currently using my phone and preferred not to put more effort than necessary into this Lemmy comment. Furthermore, the links themselves are not the primary focus; the fact that this is being reported on is what matters most.

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          I skipped them explicitly because they were Google links. I suggest against feeding Google more traffic, they are literally part of the problem.

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            Understood and you’re probably right.

            The links themselves aren’t the issue. It’s enough that the links simply exist. Honestly, I just couldn’t be bothered to do anything more than I did.

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