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Kid Berwyn

(25,221 posts)
26. As news media don't do their job, I still post on DU.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:03 PM
11 hrs ago

And I don't post fake news. The Guardian brings up a major threat to democracy: corrupt news media.

For instance, from 2019:



Jeffrey Epstein: how US media – with one star exception – whitewashed the story

The Miami Herald exposed a vast criminal network and a government cover-up – but why the silence elsewhere?


Ed Pilkington
The Guardian, July 19, 2019

EXCERPT...

Reiter warned Brown what would happen were she to continue digging: “Somebody’s going to call your publisher and the next thing you know you are going to be assigned to the obituaries department.”

Brown did not heed his warning. She flung herself at the investigation and eventually persuaded Reiter to go on record. Her resulting, award-winning three-part series last November exposed a vast operation in which 80 potential victims were identified, some as young as 13 and 14 at the time of the alleged abuse. She persuaded eight to tell their stories.

Brown also exposed a government cover-up in which Epstein got away with an exceptionally light sentence that saw him serve only 13 months in jail. She discovered that a “non-prosecution agreement” had been negotiated secretly in 2008 by the then top federal prosecutor in Miami, Alexander Acosta, that gave Epstein and his co-conspirators immunity from federal prosecution.

In 2017, Acosta was appointed by Donald Trump as labor secretary, a post that ironically is responsible for combating sex trafficking.

CONTINUES...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/jeffrey-epstein-alex-acosta-miami-herald-media

DU 2019 OP: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212367573



We likely wouldn’t know squat about Epstein & Associates without the Miami Herald and now, it seems, DU and an increasing number of "citizen-journalists."


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Melania was an Epstein Escort [View all] Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago OP
Well, yeah... displacedvermoter 13 hrs ago #1
The Fiends & Family Price Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #4
No Duh! Mr.Bee 10 hrs ago #34
Yes, but her last name isn't Harris, Biden or Obama, so the corporate media looks the other way. Chasstev365 13 hrs ago #2
Corporate McPravda serves up distractions to advance its owners' interests. Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #9
Explains why the oval office now looks like a brothel. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #3
Thread winner! Emile 13 hrs ago #8
Home Tweet Home (Thanks to Elon) Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #10
who's the woman next to eloon? his mommy? nt orleans 11 hrs ago #32
"Supermodel and Dietician" Maye Musk Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #38
so it is his mommy. nt orleans 9 hrs ago #40
Monsters lead such innnnteresting lives. Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #43
This story sounds like something portrayed in a mob movie. Oh right! yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #39
Well yes, but the tackiness comes from HIM, not HER FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #13
Following grandpa malaise 10 hrs ago #35
To be fair.... SergeStorms 3 hrs ago #66
Kick dalton99a 13 hrs ago #5
How Melania Met Trump Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #16
"sensationally claimed' travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #6
Our news media are owned by fascist pigs. Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #18
She cost plenty! usonian 13 hrs ago #7
Sick how many rich men consider themselves worthy of owning other people. Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #20
She has been a Slovinian Sex Worker for years. Botany 13 hrs ago #11
My mom, who died a few years ago, mwmisses4289 12 hrs ago #14
The Wild Card Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #21
Rec. Rec. Rec malaise 13 hrs ago #12
Da Missing Link Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #22
Truth will out malaise 11 hrs ago #23
and captain obvious strikes again azureblue 12 hrs ago #15
Story should be all over the airwaves, in print and on your device. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #24
They're too busy talking about Platner's sexting and Talarico's diet. sop 11 hrs ago #29
They sure know how to divide voters... Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #33
Don't know why this hasn't gotten more coverage on CIABCNNBCBSFoxNutworks, republianmushroom 12 hrs ago #17
As news media don't do their job, I still post on DU. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #26
Julie K Brown defines good journalism. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #47
But of course she was. Amaryllis 12 hrs ago #19
Two Sources on Record Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #42
I hadn't known about the FBI interview on record. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #48
The Slovenian sex worker Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 11 hrs ago #25
A-1 Certified Genus Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #45
More encyclopedic level detail. Thanks you! yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #49
I know why most media doesn't report on it MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #27
Biden saved country 2021-2024 and how much credit did he get? Kid Berwyn 7 hrs ago #55
And as a result MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #57
Political Malpractice Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #59
Wrong tense there GusBob 11 hrs ago #28
Great catch! Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #56
I absolutely believe this. Akakoji 11 hrs ago #30
So do the People of New Mexico. Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #58
K&R spanone 11 hrs ago #31
FHOTUS bif 10 hrs ago #36
A hA ha ha ha. nt Exp 4 hrs ago #64
MAGA like to pretend she's not a sex worker Farmer-Rick 10 hrs ago #37
This thread makes me feel icky MorbidButterflyTat 9 hrs ago #41
Of course. It's obvious. Mblaze 9 hrs ago #44
And he is still paying for her but now all he gets is an occasional attendance at one of his dinners or events. Bev54 8 hrs ago #46
Perverted Pedophile Sex friends in the WH. Malaria Cha 7 hrs ago #50
Shocking SheltieLover 7 hrs ago #51
Oh that can't be true...she arrived in the U.S. brandishing an Einstein passport. allegorical oracle 7 hrs ago #52
Did working as one of Epstein's girls pay off for her? Norrrm 7 hrs ago #53
Melania was a paid girl. Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #54
Has anyone ever seen a Happy Communist? LessAspin 6 hrs ago #60
Red Sparrows LessAspin 4 hrs ago #62
Our First Lady of the Evening mdbl 5 hrs ago #61
That's the way I've always heard it too. Figarosmom 4 hrs ago #63
Malaria is a whore? AZ8theist 4 hrs ago #65
Let's be careful to keep the focus on the lies and hypocrisy Betty Boom 2 hrs ago #67
Melania pointing out something that happened, didn't happen. Aussie105 1 hr ago #68
Melanie Tramp Blue Owl 39 min ago #69
K&R AZProgressive 36 min ago #70
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