Still puzzling over why ABC killed their great Epstein story? While you puzzle, here are two pretty good reads on what's becoming a bit of a phenomenon or ... a meme.
The first article ran at The Federalist, and I really like that the author highlights what he calls "the Epstein-media-intelligence agency nexus". Imean, none of it makes any sense to me without that nexus. No sense at all:
From the media to government bureaucrats to Epstein himself, powerful people are getting away with execrable behavior. It's time to investigate the Epstein-media-intelligence agency nexus.
Here's how he ends:
What a question!
The questions for Congress and the country to ask include: Is Acosta telling the truth about intelligence community involvement with Epstein? Who told Acosta to back off, and why? Where is Ghislaine Maxwell? What did ABC and other media outlets know, and when did they know it? Who were they covering for? If the intelligence community has such power over journalists, how often does the intelligence community tell newsrooms to kill stories?
For conservatives, the above questions apply, but more remain: The left talks a lot about equality, but what does it say about the leftist establishment when its media has consistently killed or underreported stories to protect the rich, connected, and powerful?
In other words, today’s news isn’t just slanted on a story-by-story basis. It’s slanted in the sense that many important stories never get covered, while small stories get overblown. Should conservatives continue to play this rigged game and treat these networks as left-leaning journalistic endeavors, instead of treating them as full-on opponents? Finally, are the intelligence agencies a threat to liberty, and what happens when even a Republican president, Republican appointees, and a Republican Congress can’t control these agencies?
In the end, it appears America is regressing, and injustice rules the day. The whole thing is reminiscent of the prophet Isaiah:
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! Your silver has become dross, your fine wine is diluted with water. Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. (Isaiah 1:21-23)
Well, maybe DC was never known as "the faithful city," but you get the point.
The other piece is by Kurt Schlichter and goes into the meme thing:
Enjoy The Glorious 'Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself' MemeUPDATE:
Clovis brewery prints "Epstein didn't kill himself" on the bottom of cans https://t.co/HVQWL5Zf6F— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) November 8, 2019
The Epstein saga is a Pandora's Box of intrigue beginning with the question of what caused him to return the US last summer and get caught unawares by his sudden arrest in New Jersey? What purpose was served by luring him here at that time and setting in motion the events that ultimately led to his death in a jail cell? Who benefits?
ReplyDeleteAnd, as with the Las Vegas shooting incident, why has the FBI been unable to shed any light on these events, or why haven't they raided his other properties in Florida and New Mexico, and why haven't they released the full autopsy report, and why no mention of the video recording equipment found in the New York residence and also at Pedo Island?
Epstein is dead, but what is the FBI hiding and why?
It's a Pandora's Box that I'd love to see opened, but I don't have time to follow it closely. My suspicion is that in this case the FBI is taking orders from higher up the intel chain.
Deleteref - Ghislaine Maxwell - "She knows everything. She should be careful. She went out and recruited all of these girls. She should watch her back. I’d have security guards all around me."
ReplyDeleteIs that supposed to be funny? Her "security guards" can maybe take a bullet or, more likely, suicide for the kind of chump change she can pony up, or go take a nap, like professional prison guards, while their bank accounts fill up. She is screwed, and I don't mean in a Lolita Express sort of way. Her only hope is to have enough hard evidence in hand [;-), with a convincing enough 'deadman switch' in place, to keep the monsters at bay, and be able to stay awake for the rest of her life.
Tom S.
She can afford a helluva lot more than "chump change," but of course that's nothing compared to major intel services.
DeleteLee Smith's book The Plot Against The President is an excellent expose of the intelligence agencies & powerful law firms control of the press.
ReplyDeleteThe stories they want to get out are reported the way they want. Law firms pay Fusion GPS to plant their clients narratives and only their clients narratives.
Media no longer does investigative journalism so there's no danger of pushback. Anyone who veers off the path (John Solomon, Ronan Farrow, Sharyl Attkinsson, Fox News,) is trashed, discredited, spied upon & if possible, bankrupted when the reported stories are used to bring bogus charges.
Yes. He's experienced it.
DeleteIndeed, everything is relative. Naps, which you can wakeup from, are much more lucrative than being "a part of the problem", which might well be terminal. Every mercenary has his price, that's why their mercenaries.
ReplyDeleteTom S.
"What did ABC and other media outlets know, and when did they know it? Who were they covering for?"
ReplyDeleteI think the short answer is the Clintons. With their undeniable ties to Epstein and Hillary running for president, they couldn't risk running such a damaging story, and they still can't.
While I'm sure the Royal Palace wouldn't have been happy either, I think the expected future POTUS, Hillary, was likely a greater concern. I think shifting blame to the Royal Palace was a way to placate Robach and others inside ABC, while explaining why they couldn't run the biggest story of their careers.
If we're to believe the Royal Palace was to blame, does this mean they participated in election meddling by helping kill such an important story ahead of the 2016 election?
"does this mean [the Royal Palace] participated in election meddling by helping kill such an important story ahead of the 2016 election?"
ReplyDeleteObviously not. They weren't helping Republicans. :-(
If the Russians supposedly "meddled" in 2016 by planting false news stories, then the UK did as well when they killed this real news story.
DeleteIt's funny how disinterested the press becomes in foreign election "meddling" when they're participants in it.
There's no question at all that the UK actively "meddled." Who thinks their intel agencies did what they did without informing the PM? Please!
Delete". . . are the intelligence agencies a threat to liberty . . ."
ReplyDeleteI think the attempted coup orchestrated by former Obama administration officials working under Trump proved they absolutely are.
This may be extreme for some, but I think we need to abolish the FBI, CIA, and the rest of the IC and start over. They no longer serve the will of the people. Much worse, they've counteracted the will of the people through this coup attempt, which irreparably harmed the Trump presidency. Supposed election "meddling" and even any Epstein-IC connections are a walk in the park compared to attempting to overthrow a duly elected president.
When the people's will is no longer honored, they have very few ways to regain their stolen liberty. That's why we have a ballot box to begin with.
I suggest that the biggest danger may be that the DoJ has been co-opted by the Deep State. If DoJ reliably sought actual justice, the Deep State wouldn't be as much of a threat.
Delete"If DoJ reliably sought actual justice, the Deep State wouldn't be as much of a threat."
ReplyDeleteAgreed. However, I think the Deep State and the failure of the DoJ are a symptom of the same disease -- big, unelected, unaccountable, government. I'm sure few politicians can resist taking advantage of such a thing. Obama sure couldn't.
That's why our founding fathers dreamt of a very limited government with many checks and balances.
I agree in general. However, as I explained to Lee Smith--and he was kind enough to include my remarks in his book--I think a big part of the problem at DoJ can be traced to toxic philosophies that are absorbed by young lawyers throughout their education, both as undergrads and at law school. There's a reason why lawyers who do the things that the Fitzpatricks, Comeys, Muellers, Weissmanns, etc. have done remain respected members of the bar. So far.
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