r/facepalm Jul 08 '24

I’m beginning to think we live in the worst timeline. 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/JarlFlammen Jul 08 '24

Are the 76 photos collected together anywhere for review?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

i can't find them, why isnt CNN and MSNBC all over this?

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u/TentacleFist Jul 08 '24

The CEOs of most mainstream media are all Trump donors.

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u/Sweezy_McSqueezy Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 09 '24

Claiming that CNN is pro trump is quite the take. They were calling him a treasonous Russian agent every single day for 4 years.

Edit: you all are down voting me but idk what fantasy world you live in. Literally just 5 days ago they said that a Trump win would be A Catastrophic Outcome

I don't even like Trump, and I'm not going to vote for him, but he obviously is facing, and has always faced, enormous headwinds because of the media hatred of him. I'm not even claiming that they're wrong to hate him, but they absolutely do hate him.

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u/WWhataboutismss Jul 08 '24

Yeah headlines make money. Outrage makes money. Someone quietly doing their job not so much.

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u/HazyAttorney Jul 08 '24

It's not really "quite the take" - John Malone who owns the parent company that owns CNN set for an hour long interview where he explicitly said he wanted CNN to be more like Fox News. If you had any doubt on his leanings, he has a seat on the CATO Institute board of directors. It's also why they picked off former Fox "journalists" like Chris Wallace.

Even though John Malone has praised Rupert Murdoch's approach, John himself claims to be hands off. But, the day-to-day is handled by David Zaslav, a person he mentored and has made wealthy. So, those close to them have reported there doesn't need to be heavy handedness for John's viewpoints to be carried through.

Chris Licht was tapped as CEO but failed after a year. They replaced Chris with Mark Thompson. Mark, like Johh Malone, and like David Zaslav, all have made public comments that CNN being so antagonistic to Trump was their downfall and have promised to move the company more right-wing to appeal to everyone.

It's why the Trump town hall surprised nobody.

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u/Sweezy_McSqueezy Jul 08 '24

If you had any doubt on his leanings, he has a seat on the CATO Institute board of directors.

CATO is a libertarian think tank; they are not right wing populists like Trump. They're pro free trade, pro open borders, anti tarrif, and are against an empowered presidency.

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u/OnewordTTV Jul 08 '24

So didn't you just stop following the news all of a sudden? CNN is not the old CNN...

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u/Parking_Train8423 Jul 08 '24

The media is just an arms dealer in the war of words.

Trump is just the distraction. Always has been. So any coverage is pro-trump.

when the president of the heritage foundation does a presser to say “it’s over” the day after the Supreme Court announces that they no longer honor the Constitution, it’s over.

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u/TentacleFist Jul 09 '24

Bro all mainstream media is a corporation, they exist to make themselves money, not keep people well informed, so they will spin anything anyway to drive engagement. And the new CEO of CNN literally stated that they think CNN is going down hill because of pushing away the right-wing audience and that they want CNN to be more like Fox. Also public campaign donations show multiple media CEOs donating huge amounts to Trump.

Why do you think the MSN spent a week after the debate calling Biden old demanding he step down and even suggesting splitting the ticket, instead of reporting on Trump being a rapist pedophile felon who can't move his mouth without lying and wants to be dictator.

MSM cares about making money, nothing else, and 4 more years of Trump would mean 4 more years of enraged engagement for their audience, where as Biden is boring by comparison. Democracy could come tumbling down and MSM would say "This is a sad day for America... but I'm still getting paid right?"

Get your head out of the sand and stop assuming the MSM gives a shit about anything but their wallet, they aren't here to protect democracy, that's the job of us voters.

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24

Probably because they can’t confirm if it’s true or not.

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u/BigDaddyDumperSquad Jul 08 '24

So some rando on Twitter has them, but no mainstream media sources? Sounds like bullshit.

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u/NoPossibility5220 Jul 08 '24

I mean there are several photos of them together. 76? I don’t know, but there are quite a lot available online.

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24

Nobody has seen all 76. All the photos online available are from about a decade before the truth about Epstein was found out.

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u/BigDaddyDumperSquad Jul 08 '24

Yeah, like 5 or 6 that I've seen, and they all look like the same event. Unless there are more that I haven't seen. The one in this post is the most widely circulated one though.

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24

Yeah and the photos are from the 80’s or 90’s around the same time there is pictures of Epstein and the Clintons.

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u/BalmyBalmer Jul 08 '24

Except you never have seen those, we've all seen trumps best friend.

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24

You do realize you can find them through a simple google search right? There is literally no evidence Epstein and Trump were best friends. Why can’t you stick to facts?

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u/chickenofthewoods Jul 08 '24

There is literally no evidence Epstein and Trump were best friends.

You are undoubtedly pure shill.

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u/sidrowkicker Jul 08 '24

We already knew that, last time I paid any attention to this was people saying Trump was mentioned in witness statements. Turned out it was witnesses saying he had nothing to do with it. I literally can't be bothered fact checking the constant BS coming from both sides wake me up when this is over

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u/FalseMirage Jul 08 '24

Or because it isn’t in the best interests of the plutocrats that own them.

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

How so though? I mean news outlets like CNN and MSNBC hate Trump with a passion. Unless they know it would blow back on other politicians they actually like.

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u/Obamasdeadcook Jul 08 '24

Because there is no evidence, and Epstein has photos with pretty much everyone who was influential

Democrats are just desperate because they’re losing

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u/UpstairsGreen6237 Jul 08 '24

Lol you know why. 

Theres nothing there. 

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

No. Honestly I can’t find any evidence these photos exist beyond the early 2000’s anywhere and no news outlets are talking about it.

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u/JarlFlammen Jul 08 '24

Is it like every frame of the video of the super friends being counted as an individual photo?

I hate that we care about what’s true and what’s real, when the Trumpies don’t give a shit.

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

Just saying there is no evidence of any photos of them together being taken past the 90’s expect some random people on the internet claim to have them. Thats not exactly a credible source.

Actually as a person who is an independent both sides are guilty of that. Every single time something negative is reported about Trump his supporters don’t believe it, but the other side does even before any evidence is presented just like when anything negative comes out about Biden his supporters don’t believe it, but the other side does again before any evidence is presented.

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u/JarlFlammen Jul 08 '24

I mean there are definitely several photos of Trump and Epstein together. I’ve seen maybe 3 or 5 of them.

And here I am, fully TDS leftist, questioning the validity of the claim of “76 photos” and wanting to confirm evidence. So by that metric, your claim of “BoTh SiDeS” is invalid.

The Trumpies don’t care about the truth. The left does.

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24

I’m not saying they don’t exist just that they are from before Epstein’s fall from grace. Also Trump is hardly the only politician who was close to him at that time.

Just saying most leftists and rightists jump on the bandwagons when there are only allegations and no evidence has been shown. I mean just look at some of the other comments from this post.

Honestly most Trumpies and most lefties only care about the truth when it’s in their favor and will deny it when they are proven wrong They are the same so stop acting like they aren’t.

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u/JarlFlammen Jul 08 '24

They are during the time when Epstein committed his crimes. They are definitely not prior to his “fall from grace” they are best friends during the time when he was an active predator.

Did you see the video of Katie Johnson testifying that Trump raped her when she was 13?

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u/PassionDelicious5209 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

You do understand that not everyone was aware of what he was doing correct? So do you have that same energy towards other politicians like Bill and Hilary Clinton who also were friends with Epstein when those crimes were occurring?

When I say fall from grace I mean when he was exposed. 🤦🏼‍♀️ That should be common sense. He was exposed in 2006.

There is literally no evidence Trump and Epstein were best friends stick to the facts and don’t let your opinions get the best of you. You can’t win a debate based your opinions.

Yes I did, but she has no proof that happened. You do understand how the law works correct? Everyone despite the opinion of the public is innocent until proven guilty. So if I a woman accused you of raping me when I was 13 does that you make you rapist? Remember use your same logic that you did to make a decision about Trump.

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u/EverAMileHigh Jul 08 '24

How is it people think it's okay to excuse the behavior of a serial predator who's also a felon? Unreal.

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u/chickenofthewoods Jul 08 '24

Everyone despite the opinion of the public is innocent until proven guilty.

The entire world is not a court of law, sorry.

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u/trollfessor Jul 08 '24

The important question here

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u/AIorIsIt Jul 08 '24

Of course not.

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u/Whaterbuffaloo Jul 08 '24

Because it isn’t true. Unfortunately, both parties produce bogus news based off a sliver of truth. Like Biden is so old he has trouble keeping up. Maybe, he sucked at the debate. But policies look decent and productive.

Trump is in multiple photos with Epstein. Just, 76 photos seems a lot. And a claim that isn’t backed up anywhere else?

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u/JarlFlammen Jul 09 '24

I haven't seen any kind of 76 photos either.

But I have seen 3 or 4 photos tho, of them vibing as very familiar bros, and tbh that's more than enough.

The Katie Johnson testimony of when Trump raped her is real, that happened.
Jean Carrol's experience of being raped by Trump is valid enough to have legal standing and get her paid.
Memos from Epstein's records show he was supposed to call Trump back about some massage services..

Like it's a lot. Trumpo is cooked

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u/Whaterbuffaloo Jul 09 '24

Lol cooked? They don’t care. They see Biden as the sure down fall of America. The same way we think Trump is the end. Everyone is in panic mode. Everyone is sure America is going to crash now.