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WTF MSM!? Peggy Noonan’s right: The story isn’t Epstein conspiracy theories
August 12, 2019
Journalists should be searching for the truth.
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Curious circumstances …
Right to ask questions … On Saturday, one of the most high-profile defendants ever waiting for trial in the United States was reported dead. Immediately those on the left and the right — including me — speculated as to who had Jeffrey Epstein killed. The official line was suicide.
The media instantly began labeling these inquiries and declarations as conspiracy theories, and that has driven the coverage. The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan set the mainstream media straight on Monday.
In a series of tweets, Noonan said, "Journalism exists to get the story. That's its job. The Epstein story is one of the great scandals. It has everything — darkness, mystery, high society machinations, now death. The story is not that conspiracy theorists are flooding social media."
Noonan is exactly right. She went on to detail how it was imperative to keep Epstein safe given his high profile. Getting to the bottom of what happened should be the first job of real journalists.
Will journalists rise to the task or just continue to try to paint those asking questions as nuts? It's a question to ask not just of this case but of many things in society where journalism, rather than look for the truth, toes a party line.
Links …
- MSNBC hosts push conspiracy theories invoking Russia, AG Barr after Jeffrey Epstein's death
- Andrea Mitchell falsely accuses Trump campaign of editing Biden's 'white kids' remarks
- NBC's Richard Engel sides with Maher on hopes of recession to defeat Trump
- MSNBC host to Trump supporters: 'You own the blood that happens'
- MSNBC contributor: Why aren't people boycotting pro-Trump businesses like they boycotted pro-apartheid businesses?
- 'This is shameful, sir' — Contentious Peter Navarro interview with Fox News weekend host goes completely off the rails
- Hysterics: S.E. Cupp DEMANDS emotions over the Constitution and gun rights
- Universal scraps movie 'The Hunt,' about liberal elites hunting 'deplorables', following backlash
- Comedienne Sarah Silverman says she was fired from movie over old blackface photo
- NY Times claims reports of Sweden's problem with refugees are Russian, neo-Nazi disinformation
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