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CNN Headline Says They're Lining Up Behind MF (Original Post) WiVoter Jul 18 OP
Who's MF? lamp_shade Jul 18 #1
The orange Turd WiVoter Jul 18 #2
The question is why are they lining up? Raven123 Jul 18 #3
Yes, they're all in on normalizing this and blowing it off senseandsensibility Jul 18 #4
Wikileaks started releasing DNC emails that afternoon Qutzupalotl Jul 18 #19
I just heard that too and changed the channel mcar Jul 18 #5
I heard that too on MSNBC yesterday--their source was one Megyn Kelly tweet. Then Bloomberg used Mike 03 Jul 18 #6
It's called a "narrative" and the corporate media senseandsensibility Jul 18 #10
And it seems like some people MorbidButterflyTat Jul 18 #21
For those who don't or can't go to the CNN website, the actual headline is the following lostincalifornia Jul 18 #7
Thank You WiVoter Jul 18 #8
Bannon is in the Epstein files like Musk said newdeal2 Jul 18 #9
I won't be surprised if the WH pressures the MSM to drop coverage of this, and they cheerfully oblige. lostincalifornia Jul 18 #12
Lawrence O'Donnell won't MorbidButterflyTat Jul 18 #22
No Shit.. I Cancelled All Manipulative $$$$$ Media Cha Jul 18 #17
Will someone explain to me why Steve Bannon's opinion Boomerproud Jul 18 #11
Because they like unshaven conspiracy jackasses who don't take showers. lostincalifornia Jul 18 #13
And drink their weight MorbidButterflyTat Jul 18 #23
might take more than a weekend, but i'll be amazed if this is what brings donnie down. unblock Jul 18 #14
None of this will fucking cause the MAGA fuckstains to stop protecting & endorsing child rape. Piss on those MAGA turds. SoFlaBro Jul 18 #15
Some of the corporate media is now trying to shift the nation's focus from the disgrace Uncle Joe Jul 18 #16
The cult really couldn't care less if he raped a 9-year-old on 5th Avenue in broad daylight on live television dalton99a Jul 18 #18
Stick to bdamomma Jul 18 #20

Raven123

(6,881 posts)
3. The question is why are they lining up?
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:41 PM
Jul 18

Battle to replace him?

Seriously, I think it’s BS too

senseandsensibility

(23,034 posts)
4. Yes, they're all in on normalizing this and blowing it off
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:43 PM
Jul 18

as a nothingburger. I just switched to CNN for a moment and some dude was saying that this feels like the Access Hollywood situation and that blew over so this will too, basically. They are already signaling last night that their message would be that this helps him with his base.

Qutzupalotl

(15,444 posts)
19. Wikileaks started releasing DNC emails that afternoon
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 06:02 PM
Jul 18

seeded with a few fakes. That helped Access Hollywood die down, thanks to Russian asset Assange. The WH can’t count on help this time, so they have to make their own distractions.

mcar

(44,970 posts)
5. I just heard that too and changed the channel
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:43 PM
Jul 18

They are looking at it only through a political lens. The reporter also claimed that the WSJ's story about the sophomoric birthday letter TACO gave to Epstein has convinced his followers that everything is A OK.

Mike 03

(18,623 posts)
6. I heard that too on MSNBC yesterday--their source was one Megyn Kelly tweet. Then Bloomberg used
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:50 PM
Jul 18

that same Megyn Kelly quote as its "evidence" MAGA is lining up behind Trump. But that's not what I'm seeing, at all.

senseandsensibility

(23,034 posts)
10. It's called a "narrative" and the corporate media
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:55 PM
Jul 18

excels at creating narratives to normalize trump.

lostincalifornia

(3,990 posts)
7. For those who don't or can't go to the CNN website, the actual headline is the following
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:52 PM
Jul 18

"MAGA influencers line up behind Trump after days of pressuring administration for more on Epstein"

With a photo of banon, implied as leading the charge.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if the MSM rags quietly stop covering the story about the epstein/trump connections, if they are ordered to by this WH.

Just look at how CBS, ABC, and a good number of law firms caved to the dictator.

It should be clear to most people that the MSM cannot be trusted as a reliable or accurate source.



lostincalifornia

(3,990 posts)
12. I won't be surprised if the WH pressures the MSM to drop coverage of this, and they cheerfully oblige.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:59 PM
Jul 18

Boomerproud

(8,874 posts)
11. Will someone explain to me why Steve Bannon's opinion
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:57 PM
Jul 18

means anything? Also, the more important question is if the Access Hollywood tape didn't ruin T, which it obviously didn't, and the smirking MAGAS agree that Epstein won't either, what does that say about American character? Too afraid to ask it and too afraid to answer it.

unblock

(55,435 posts)
14. might take more than a weekend, but i'll be amazed if this is what brings donnie down.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:01 PM
Jul 18

they all knew he was a convicted felon, the biggest liar in history, credibly accused of sexual assault by over 2 dozen women, found legally liable for at least one of those, has paid to kill negative stories about himself, has signed thousands of non-disclosure agreements to keep negative stories quiet, and so on and so on.

they know who he is. they know he's a crminal, they know he "grabs 'em by the p*ssy", they know he just takes to satisfy himself and does not care about consent, they know he walks into teenage dressing rooms to ogle the girls, and the know he's been multiple times with epstein. c'mon, do the math. they've always known.

but the bottom line is that there are no lines they won't cross.

they may be uncomfortable crossing some of those lines, but eventually, they will cross them.

they have *never* demonstrated an ability to say no and stick with it.

SoFlaBro

(3,581 posts)
15. None of this will fucking cause the MAGA fuckstains to stop protecting & endorsing child rape. Piss on those MAGA turds.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:07 PM
Jul 18

Uncle Joe

(62,478 posts)
16. Some of the corporate media is now trying to shift the nation's focus from the disgrace
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:10 PM
Jul 18

of actual sexual trafficking, sexual abuse, and pedophilia by the most wealthy and powerful including potentially the President of the United States to a political argument using the Wall Street Journal's depiction as somehow a counter to the former.

That's the thing about the corporate media, always politics, never policy.

Thanks for the thread WiVoter

dalton99a

(89,588 posts)
18. The cult really couldn't care less if he raped a 9-year-old on 5th Avenue in broad daylight on live television
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:30 PM
Jul 18

and murdered her parents

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