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"The recent spate of Epstein reporting also fails to inform readers that Trump has been accused of sexual harassment and abuse by at least 25 women, from the 1970s through the early 2000s—including the time when he and Epstein were friends. Nor do the reporters mention that Trump was caught on tape in 2005 boasting about sexually assaulting women."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #Epstein #media #SexualAssault #SexualAbuse #coverup #misogyny
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https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/epstein-coverage-largely-ignores

Epstein Coverage Largely Ignores Trump’s Assault on E. Jean Carroll

This seems like relevant context

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 22 hours ago

"The mainstream media is constantly trying to find ways to cater to an imagined centrist reader—and constantly trying to find ways to bring in right wing readers who they’ve lost to the conservative media bubble. Epstein is the rare story which allows them to do that while vociferously criticizing Trump."

#Trump #Epstein #media #SexualAssault #SexualAbuse #coverup #misogyny
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 22 hours ago

"The mainstream Epstein stories, then, are essentially being written for an imagined MAGA reader, even if MAGA readers aren’t the ones most likely to read them. And I think that shapes what details are considered important and which ones aren’t.

Or, to put it another way, the mainstream media is not actually interested in Trump’s character, or in his judgement, or in his fitness for office. They’re not even really interested in whether he is a sexual abuser."

#Trump #Epstein #media
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