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https://www.thenation.com/article/th...ill-the-media/

Cable news has barely mentioned the news that the man who could become the president of the United States has an upcoming hearing in federal court.

But let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. There are understandable reasons for the press to tread carefully on this story. To begin with, it was only last week that Rolling Stone went to trial in the first of two defamation lawsuits over its discredited story of a gang rape at the University of Virginia. The website Gawker was shut down earlier this year basically for showing a celebrity sex tape featuring pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. And Trump has often brayed that as president, he will “open up” libel laws—not impossible if he were to stack the Supreme Court.

Not to mention that a couple of questionable characters had tried to make money off a video of Jane Doe.

Lastly, this is not the first time that Epstein’s powerful, wealthy friends have been accused of sexually abusing underage girls working for him.