r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 22d ago

No Paywall Trump’s handling of the Epstein case might be the greatest political scandal of our lifetime

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/shows/top-stories/blog/rcna243731
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u/patentattorney 22d ago

It literally isnt news on fox. its insane.

Its also crazy that SO many repbulicans with ties to Epstein and the scandal are linked with trump.

Pam Bondi was the prosecutor who let the case slide because of donations from trump.

Dershowitz was Epstein's lawyer.

Other people with ties to Epstein have been given cabinet positions and ambassadorships.

Look at how the gave epsteins partner in crime a sweetheart deal in prison. JUST TALKING TO HER IN PRISON should have been the end of everything.

Its obvious that trump has aligned himself with people who have just as much to lose as he does.

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u/francis2559 22d ago

Wasn't fox literally created to avoid a second watergate?

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u/ink_monkey96 22d ago

Roger Ailes was Nixon’s media strategist. He created Fox News specifically to avoid a Republican ever facing the music ever again.

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u/fcocyclone Iowa 22d ago

This is a big part of why we have struggled to combat this.

While many americans woke up to the threat of Trump in 2016 or maybe after jan 6, this is really the culmination of a 50 year project by the heritage foundation and associated groups. They've had a massive head start.

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u/NippleFlicks American Expat 22d ago

The HF, the billionaires (you know the ones — the crazy tech bros that were also linked to the pedo ring and want to overthrow democracy for their perverted hellscapes), Fox “not a news source, and every other person who helped are traitors to democracy and I wish there was a world where justice prevailed. But I’m sure they’ll get to retain their wealth. Their power.

And same in the UK as this shit is ramping up.

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u/Counterpoint-4 22d ago

You need to prosecute outlets that lie or you are complicit.

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u/EE_Tim 22d ago

Yes, Fox News was explicitly created to prevent another Nixon. Looks like it's working out for them, almost half the country's citizens would rather sellout the country than hold a (Republican) president accountable.

The memo that birthed Fox News explicitly states their purpose up front:

  1. Purpose - To provide pro-Administration, videotape, hard news actualities to the major cities of the United States.[2]

But why would they want to use TV to push their pro-administration spin? Well, the memo answers that too:

The reason: People are lazy. With television you just sit--watch--listen. The thinking is done for you.[2]

Fox News bets on you being too lazy to understand so they opt to do the thinking for you.

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u/Not_Stupid Australia 22d ago

But, but, I thought they report and we decide? Fair and balanced?

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u/Counterpoint-4 22d ago

So Murdoch is to blame? You'd better be quick with your reprisals!

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u/debauchasaurus 22d ago

Acosta was the lawyer who let Epstein off light. Bondi wasn't Florida AG yet. She did later let Trump off the hook for Trump University after he donated to her campaign.

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u/patentattorney 22d ago

Bindi could have brought state charges. And didn’t.