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Kid Berwyn

(25,228 posts)
26. As news media don't do their job, I still post on DU.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:03 PM
22 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 Yesterday OP
Well, yeah... displacedvermoter Yesterday #1
The Fiends & Family Price Kid Berwyn Yesterday #4
No Duh! Mr.Bee 21 hrs ago #34
Yes, but her last name isn't Harris, Biden or Obama, so the corporate media looks the other way. Chasstev365 Yesterday #2
Corporate McPravda serves up distractions to advance its owners' interests. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #9
Explains why the oval office now looks like a brothel. yellow dahlia Yesterday #3
Thread winner! Emile Yesterday #8
Home Tweet Home (Thanks to Elon) Kid Berwyn Yesterday #10
who's the woman next to eloon? his mommy? nt orleans 22 hrs ago #32
"Supermodel and Dietician" Maye Musk Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #38
so it is his mommy. nt orleans 20 hrs ago #40
Monsters lead such innnnteresting lives. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #43
This story sounds like something portrayed in a mob movie. Oh right! yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #39
No picture credit? Who's photo is it and who are the people who aren't recognizable by everyone? TIA littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #71
Maye Musk, the Elon of Mars and Child, plus one more. Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #74
Well yes, but the tackiness comes from HIM, not HER FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #13
Following grandpa malaise 21 hrs ago #35
To be fair.... SergeStorms 14 hrs ago #66
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #5
How Melania Met Trump Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #16
"sensationally claimed' travelingthrulife Yesterday #6
Our news media are owned by fascist pigs. Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #18
She cost plenty! usonian Yesterday #7
Sick how many rich men consider themselves worthy of owning other people. Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #20
She has been a Slovinian Sex Worker for years. Botany Yesterday #11
My mom, who died a few years ago, mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #14
The Wild Card Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #21
That picture is still amazing. As Melania hand is in Trump's clutches she is warm for P.M. Justin form. Botany 1 hr ago #75
Rec. Rec. Rec malaise Yesterday #12
Da Missing Link Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #22
Truth will out malaise 22 hrs ago #23
and captain obvious strikes again azureblue 23 hrs ago #15
Story should be all over the airwaves, in print and on your device. Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #24
They're too busy talking about Platner's sexting and Talarico's diet. sop 22 hrs ago #29
They sure know how to divide voters... Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #33
Don't know why this hasn't gotten more coverage on CIABCNNBCBSFoxNutworks, republianmushroom 23 hrs ago #17
As news media don't do their job, I still post on DU. Kid Berwyn 22 hrs ago #26
Julie K Brown defines good journalism. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #47
But of course she was. Amaryllis 23 hrs ago #19
Two Sources on Record Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #42
I hadn't known about the FBI interview on record. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #48
The Slovenian sex worker Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 22 hrs ago #25
A-1 Certified Genus Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #45
More encyclopedic level detail. Thanks you! yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #49
I know why most media doesn't report on it MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #27
Biden saved country 2021-2024 and how much credit did he get? Kid Berwyn 18 hrs ago #55
And as a result MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #57
Political Malpractice Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #59
Wrong tense there GusBob 22 hrs ago #28
Great catch! Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #56
I absolutely believe this. Akakoji 22 hrs ago #30
So do the People of New Mexico. Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #58
K&R spanone 22 hrs ago #31
"...mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation." Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #76
FHOTUS bif 21 hrs ago #36
A hA ha ha ha. nt Exp 15 hrs ago #64
As a gardener NJCher 6 hrs ago #72
"She say anything about me?" Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #78
MAGA like to pretend she's not a sex worker Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #37
I think you nailed it. It seems pretty obvious to me. walkingman 58 min ago #79
This thread makes me feel icky MorbidButterflyTat 20 hrs ago #41
Me too. Kid Berwyn 37 min ago #82
Of course. It's obvious. Mblaze 20 hrs ago #44
So why did Uncle Sam protect Epstein since Ronald Reagan was handing out jelly beans? Kid Berwyn 28 min ago #83
And he is still paying for her but now all he gets is an occasional attendance at one of his dinners or events. Bev54 19 hrs ago #46
Perverted Pedophile Sex friends in the WH. Malaria Cha 18 hrs ago #50
Shocking SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #51
Oh that can't be true...she arrived in the U.S. brandishing an Einstein passport. allegorical oracle 18 hrs ago #52
Did working as one of Epstein's girls pay off for her? Norrrm 18 hrs ago #53
Melania was a paid girl. Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #54
Has anyone ever seen a Happy Communist? LessAspin 17 hrs ago #60
Red Sparrows LessAspin 15 hrs ago #62
Our First Lady of the Evening mdbl 17 hrs ago #61
That's the way I've always heard it too. Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #63
Malaria is a whore? AZ8theist 15 hrs ago #65
Let's be careful to keep the focus on the lies and hypocrisy Betty Boom 13 hrs ago #67
Management of Words: Escort or Sex Worker Kid Berwyn 22 min ago #84
Melania pointing out something that happened, didn't happen. Aussie105 12 hrs ago #68
Melanie Tramp Blue Owl 11 hrs ago #69
K&R AZProgressive 11 hrs ago #70
FETUS* looks like a deer in the headlights in the photo that accompanies this article. Blumancru 2 hrs ago #73
Whoever originally reported this better have locked down sources underpants 1 hr ago #77
Paolo Zampolli got ICE to deport her -- the handpicked mother of his child. Kid Berwyn 44 min ago #81
The real story of how they met Johnny2X2X 56 min ago #80
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