It's about trust. Building trust, maintaining it. It's the only way we can do this job. If sources aren't ready to go on record, then that's that. You don't just dump that info into a rumor mill, lol. Any journalist worth their salt would sooner go to jail than break that confidentiality

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Anyway, if you're still struggling with this I urge you to take a moment and try and see how you would feel if it were you. I, for one, would want to make sure those reporters gave a shit and did their due diligence.

Extremely good work was done today, and those women are brave as fuck. That's it.
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I'm old enough to remember when the Journalism Code Of Ethics was a requirement, not a request. The real issue, as I see it, is mass media is now owned by agenda-driven billionaires with a stake in the message.
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Swallwell should remove himself from the candidacy, period. And he was irresponsible as hell for taking campaign contributions. That wasted money of the people who spend money 🤑 on political campaigns.

On second thought, that maybe was the one benefit.
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Then, why wait until days before the primary?
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CNN spent a lot of effort going after a Democrat, yet still hold water and ignore the offenses of Trump

Cooperate media LIKE taking down democrats with zeal and will spare no expense to do so
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Didn't want to believe it BUT the devil is in the details. I don't care for CNN but was surprised by how well researched and professional the article is. Agree - the women are brave AND deserve justice - if they choose to seek it.
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blueMAGA be like:

swallwell is a Dem

he is the lesser evil

stop purity testing

you are doing Trump's bidding

🤣🤣🤣
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mm, with CNN owned by MAGA and Swalwell on the J6 committee, it's difficult to buy it. Not because I doubt the possibility but I simply also acknowledge the possibility that it's all a right wing ploy - of course they would be thorough. I'd prefer a left/center entity look into it.
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And yet not one reporter did an in-depth report on Donald Trump’s crimes when he was running for president
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What I don’t get is how this stays quiet for years and then explodes in the middle of an election. I just wish these folks were revealed in a timely fashion. Who else is doing this shit now?
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thank you

he needs to be prosecuted & go to prison
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great points all around. ffffuck this shit.
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This also shows why we need large news corps like cnn, etc. even though they aren’t perfect. A few people with substacks aren’t gonna have the resources to do something like this.
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Look: we have plenty of factual, long-investigated, witnesses & victim accounts, & 100s of 1000s of pieces of evidence against Epstein.

Look where that got the victims.

Your argument against a Democrat requires equal amounts of research negating the victims.

Isn’t that what you’re asking for?!
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You left out the part about Roger Stone.
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Thanks for your insights. It’s giving me a lot to think about.
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Wait are people being critical of the victims
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Local journalists at SF Chronicle broke the initial story www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php
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Your point about trust, and confidentiality is spot on! It takes patience and courage to do this, knowing that if it's not done right it has the potential to end one's career. Journalists expose themselves to death threats and harassment.Thank you for doing this incredibly important job!
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