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calimary

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15. There could be several reasons. All boiled down to one.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 02:52 PM
18 hrs ago

Mainly, the press is cowed.
1) fear of losing insider sources and/or contacts.
2) fear of retribution - pissing off the powerful! OMG!

It’s all about access. (Oh, that almighty precious ACCESS!!!) No more invitations to BIG events with big names and all the big parties where your ego is fed the finest “cuisine” of rubbing elbows (AND being SEEN rubbing elbows) with the rich and powerful players of every stripe. That makes YOU look like a player.

I remember listening to an outtakes reel of a media elder who actually went on the air drunk. He was barely able to read his script, and the burbles and fumfers flew like big flocks of geese headed south for the winter. UNBELIEVABLE! But by Jove they kept him on staff, AND on the air (radio), because his sources were so good.

What a revelation THAT was! I was on the air myself, at the time. I can still remember marveling at what you could get away with if you “knew all the right people”.

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He's a pig. poli-junkie 20 hrs ago #1
Pigs can be potty trained BaronChocula 18 hrs ago #17
K&R B.See 19 hrs ago #2
why the delay on this info? the press has to do a better job Shellback Squid 19 hrs ago #3
Seriously??? the corrupt, toadying, lying, bought-and-paid-for msm??? niyad 19 hrs ago #8
There could be several reasons. All boiled down to one. calimary 18 hrs ago #15
So right BaronChocula 18 hrs ago #21
I looks like the full documentary is viewable online Rob H. 19 hrs ago #4
Thank you! Only 9.2K views on YouTube. Hopefully that'll change now. TheRickles 19 hrs ago #5
We are certainly doing our part. niyad 18 hrs ago #11
One can google "trump-is the president sex pest?" bbc youtube. niyad 19 hrs ago #6
Yes, see below: TheRickles 19 hrs ago #7
Thank you. niyad 18 hrs ago #10
Haven't watched it yet, but "pest" seems an extremely benign word... 3catwoman3 18 hrs ago #14
The word "predator" is used a number of times in the documentary itself. niyad 18 hrs ago #18
I was just going to make that point NJCher 17 hrs ago #22
Americans tend to live in such a bubble PatSeg 18 hrs ago #9
It's un-fucking-believable.... PCIntern 18 hrs ago #12
Oh, but he did work in a mc d's. Did you miss that stupid stunt during niyad 18 hrs ago #20
K&R but, "pest" is totally too nice for what he is UTUSN 18 hrs ago #13
Probably a mix of British politeness and wanting to avoid a lawsuit! TheRickles 18 hrs ago #16
But "predator" is used in the documentary itself a number of times. niyad 18 hrs ago #19
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