Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?
For the past few weeks, MAGA media and conservative podcasters have been torn apart over President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga.
Anna Merlan, a senior reporter at Mother Jones, joins The Kicker to talk about right-wing media’s efforts to change the subject—and whether their audiences will go along with it.
Read more:
*Anna Merlan on what happened the last time Trump’s team tried to satisfy right-wing media’s hunger for Epstein news
*Merlan on how Trump has constructed a new state media machine at the White House
*Ben Mathis-Lilley in Slate on Steve Bannon’s not-so-hidden hand…
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