I persist in thinking a lot of this is because media is reactive: if the Mighty Wurlitzer makes a sustained racket it becomes and stays "news". Democrats by and large have neither the instincts nor the media apparatus to ignite much less sustain (or counterfeit) it.

Epstein is an exception because it fit the right's narrative and they picked it up. I don't know when exactly or how media lost the ability to identify and chase scandals on their own, but I suspect it's part of the misapplication of the ideology of "nonpartisanship".

Yeah we’re just at a natural progression in their decades long response to false accusations of liberal bias, where they’re now biased against liberals reflexively. Their conservative bias is considered the null hypothesis and not a form of bias.

But this actually speaks to the Epstein thing, the scandals they pursued against Biden and Clinton, and the recent fleeting attention “Trump is dead” rumors: All of those things are stories they cared about because the right told them to care, even Epstein. bsky.app/profile/crai...

More like 1/100,000.

We’ve really never been told the truth about Trumps health, it wouldn’t surprise me if he was given advice from his doctor to get his house in order. Might just be what he’s been doing for the past few months.