Newsweek: Epstein Files Show Clinton, Not Influence Peddling
Newsweek reports on the 'new' Jeffrey Epstein files released by the DOJ, highlighting photos of Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson. This selective framing elevates celebrity gossip over the uncomfortable reality that these files are part of a broader reckoning with state-sanctioned sex trafficking and the high-profile individuals who allegedly enabled or benefited from it. One might wonder why the
media's focus isn't dissecting the mechanisms by which such a figure operated with impunity for so long, rather than just playing 'spot the famous face.' Instead of probing the systemic failures that allowed Epstein to cultivate a network of global elites, the report emphasizes the 'seen' rather than the 'unseen' — the names on a flight log, yes, but not the questions of influence, cover-ups, or
institutional complicity that truly underpin the scandal. It's a classic misdirection: look at the shiny object, not the rot beneath.