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“Pam Bondi’s botched handling of the Epstein files”
This CNN article describes the Jeffrey Epstein case including his crimes, those potentially involved, and his subsequent death. The article places a lot of criticism on US Attorney General Pam Bondi and the way she handled the case. CNN showcased Pam Bondi’s contradictions in her statements about the number of victims, videos of Epstein, and the existence of a “client list.” Overall, I feel like this article is pretty one-sided, as the majority of quotes used were condemning Bondi and Trump. For example, X comments from Laura Loomer were added saying that Bondi should be fired. X comments from Elon Musk were also used saying that the real reason officials haven’t made more Epstein files public is because Trump’s name is in them. While reading the article, it didn’t seem like there were multiple perspectives fairly shown, only one very critical view on Pam Bondi and Trump. In addition, the author used fairly strong language to criticize Pam Bondi and Donald Trump, calling it a “botched handling of the Epstein files” and saying that “the Trump administration has itself to blame.” This is why I think this news article is troubling and contributing to misinformation.
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I definitely agree that this is a heavily biased article. While it does seem like Bondi was not super logically consistent, the framing of this article seemed very intentionally executed.
I think …Read MoreI definitely agree that this is a heavily biased article. While it does seem like Bondi was not super logically consistent, the framing of this article seemed very intentionally executed.
I think it’s a very interesting tactic to use the headline “botched handling of the Epstein files,” when the issue at hand is that the gov has argued that there are no files. In this way, the article is not only making the very loud argument that Bondi is incompetent, but there’s a subargument in the headline, too. There *are* Epstein files. This makes Bondi look not just like a whackjob, but also a liar, possibly a co-conspirator. Read Less