{"id":2511352,"date":"2025-11-17T08:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-spent-all-last-week-focused-on-one-bogus-epstein-email-now-nyt-wonders-why-conservative-media-seems-to-care\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:39:09","slug":"dems-spent-all-last-week-focused-on-one-bogus-epstein-email-now-nyt-wonders-why-conservative-media-seems-to-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-spent-all-last-week-focused-on-one-bogus-epstein-email-now-nyt-wonders-why-conservative-media-seems-to-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Spent All Last Week Focused On One Bogus Epstein Email: Now NYT Wonders Why &#8216;Conservative Media&#8217; Seems to Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-spent-all-last-week-focused-on-one-bogus-epstein-email-now-nyt-wonders-why-conservative-media-seems-to-care%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2511352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the recent release of a set of Jeffrey Epstein documents by democrats on the House Oversight Committee, which initially seemed to implicate former President Donald Trump more than previously acknowledged. Early media coverage focused on a particular redacted message suggesting Trump knew more about Epstein&#8217;s abuses, sparking intense speculation, especially among conservative media. However, once the redacted name-Virginia giuffre, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-epstein-madam-wouldnt-help-find-tapes-of-bill-clinton-because-it-would-hurt-hillarys-2016-run\/\" title=\"Report: Epstein Madam Wouldn\u2019t Help Find Tapes Of Bill Clinton Because It Would Hurt Hillary\u2019s 2016 Run\">epstein victim<\/a> who had worked at trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago and denied any misconduct by Trump-was revealed, the supposed bombshell lost much of its impact. Republicans highlighted this to downplay the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The article critiques the mainstream media,particularly The New York Times,for shifting narratives: first accusing conservatives of not caring enough about the files,then criticizing them for focusing on one redaction once it was revealed to be non-incriminating. It highlights the political maneuvering surrounding the Epstein-Trump story, noting how Democrats have tried to keep attention on vague or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-exits-office-promoting-the-censorship-that-got-him-elected\/\" title=\"Biden Exits Office Promoting The Censorship That Got Him Elected\">misleading details<\/a> to damage Trump&#8217;s reputation, while conservative media questioned the legitimacy of these claims, emphasizing the lack of concrete evidence. the piece portrays the epstein document saga as a politically charged media spectacle with fluctuating narratives and selective focus.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The media on Wednesday: Just one  out of a tranche of Jeffrey Epstein&rsquo;s documents with a redacted victim&rsquo;s name proves Donald Trump knew more than he says!<\/p>\n<p>The media on Sunday: We stopped caring about that  once the name was unredacted. Why does &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-pushes-back-on-bidens-record-in-testy-fox-news-interview-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pete Buttigieg pushes back on Biden\u2019s record in testy Fox News interview - Washington Examiner\">conservative media&#038;rdquo<\/a>; care so much?<\/p>\n<p>I know; I was as shocked as everyone else in the conservative media sphere to open my New York Times this weekend and discover that we were still caring about the wrong thing. Silly us!<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, an  that was supposed to be the key to all Epstein\/Trump mythologies was completely irrelevant now that it turns out the  doesn&rsquo;t contain anything incriminating. But the Gray Lady has spoken: Moveth along, nothing to see here, Mr. Conservative G.O.P. Media.<\/p>\n<p>So, for those of you who&rsquo;ve been in a medically induced coma for the past week and are just waking up to this: On Wednesday, the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three s related to Epstein, including one that had Trump&rsquo;s name and seemed to cast doubt on his story.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); 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        observeElement(paragraphToObserve);     }); }  \/\/ Assign user to a group window.adUserGroup=assignSplitTestGroup(); let isSubbed=getCookie( 'ff_subbed' );  \/\/ Example usage if (isSubbed) {     console.log('User is subscribed, not running a player'); } else if (window.adUserGroup==='A') {     console.log('Running Aditude player for group A');     aditudePlayer(); } else if (window.adUserGroup==='B') {     console.log('Running Anyclip player for group B');     anyclipPlayer(); } else {     console.log('Running STN player for group C');     stnPlayer(); } <\/script> <\/p>\n<p>(Trump&rsquo;s story regarding the infamous pervert, for those of you who&rsquo;ve been in a medically induced coma since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-an-electric-car-cemetery-in-france\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show An \u2018Electric Car Cemetery\u2019 In France?\">late 2010s<\/a>, is that, yes, he knew Jeffrey Epstein on the New York\/Palm Beach before Epstein was a convicted sex criminal, but the two had a falling out in the early 2000s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/creepy-photos-show-inside-epsteins-manhattan-mansion-new-letters-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">because Epstein was a creep<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Epstein ed his procurer\/lover Ghislaine Maxwell, telling her, &ldquo;I want you to realize that that dog that hasn&rsquo;t barked is Trump.. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: Newly released s show Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Donald Trump &ldquo;spent hours at my house,&rdquo; &ldquo;knew about the girls,&rdquo; and &ldquo;that dog that hasn&rsquo;t barked is trump.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8OQtdfQe1g\">pic.twitter.com\/8OQtdfQe1g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeidasTouch\/status\/1988619276400406805?\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This, of course, makes Trump seem more involved with the Epstein scandal than he&rsquo;s let on. Republicans on the Oversight Committee, however, immediately cautioned against any sort of mania over these s, saying that the redacted name was that of the late Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p>Giuffre was an employee at Mar-a-Lago (which would explain why Trump would have spent time with her) and maintained until her death that Trump had engaged in no untoward behavior.<\/p>\n<p>(Considering that she&rsquo;s the Epstein victim who has implicated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-dive-prince-andrews-sordid-belated-fall-everything-wrong-british-royals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Prince Andrew at great length<\/a>, that makes her being the name in that  pretty exculpatory.)<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Republicans on the Oversight Committee responded by releasing over 20,000 pages of Epstein content, including the unredacted  that included Giuffre&rsquo;s name.<\/p>\n<p>This should have more or less defused the bombshell, except for the fact that the media and the Democrats (but I repeat myself) were already off and running with the new material &mdash; including the Democrats&rsquo; ill-conceived plot to try to make Trump look bad by noting that Jeffrey Epstein said in the documents that he thought Trump was &ldquo;dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Because, as we know, America likes to get its opinions in line with those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-release-another-new-epstein--say-damages-trump-might-actually-opposite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of the 21st century&rsquo;s most notorious pedophile<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Newly released s show Jeffrey Epstein thought Trump was one of the worst people he knew, with &ldquo;not one decent cell in his body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He went on to describe Trump with one word:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dangerous.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMyRwkgk8i\">pic.twitter.com\/kMyRwkgk8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Democrats (@TheDemocrats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDemocrats\/status\/1989007921707954442?\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, you&rsquo;d think that over 20,000 pages of documents would be enough to keep the media feeding frenzy alive through the weekend. And it was, but over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/14\/business\/media\/epstein-trump-s-conservative-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, there seemed to be a certain amount of consternation that 1) the only truly problematic  that was found in the bunch turned out to be a total dud, and 2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservative-media-right-stephen-smith-comes-clean-biden-bombshell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that conservative media<\/a> was actively pointing this out.<\/p>\n<p>Leave it to the Times to somehow jiu-jitsu this into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-msnbc-talking-head-made-despicable-charlie-kirk-comments-network-caved-right-wing-media-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans Pounce!&trade;<\/a> narrative at the same time that they have a special bar at the top of their page linking to all the non-story stories regarding the &ldquo;Jeffrey Epstein Fallout.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>First, the Times&rsquo; Ken Bensinger lamented in a Friday article that conservatives didn&rsquo;t care <em>enough<\/em> about the Epstein s, dismissing the release as a political stunt not worthy of commenting on:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>For hours, Fox News made nary a mention of the tranche, whose contents suggested, among other things, that the president knew more about the abuses perpetrated by Mr. Epstein, a former friend, than he had admitted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Prominent podcasters like Ben Shapiro and Megyn Kelly focused on H-1B visas, the government shutdown and a proposal for 50-year mortgages on their shows and social media, though Ms. Kelly did discuss the Epstein files on her podcast later in the day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And the online troll account known as Catturd, which posts dozens of times every day to its nearly four million followers on X, spent the morning attacking Michelle Obama, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and James Comey, the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, apparently, realizing that the selective release of three (3) s out of the &ldquo;tranche&rdquo; of documents likely meant this was cherry-picking of the highest order meant that conservative voices were, effectively, prematurely disinterested in making the Trump\/Epstein narrative happen.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when there was a realization that there <em>was<\/em> something to be interested in &mdash; the fact the Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republicans-accuse-democrats-deceptive-redaction-new-epstein--release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were weaving fictive conspiracies by way of misleading redaction<\/a> &mdash; Bensinger says that &ldquo;right<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-wing media figures began coalescing<\/a> around another approach: focusing on a single redacted name in the s.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>They argued that Democrats on the House Oversight Committee &mdash; who had released three s early on Wednesday &mdash; had created a false narrative by hiding the name of one of Mr. Epstein&rsquo;s victims in one of the messages. The redaction, the theory went, was meant to cover up that the victim, Virginia Giuffre, previously said she had never witnessed Mr. Trump involved in sexual abuse of minors. &hellip;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the dependably administration-friendly world of conservative media, the question of how to address the president&rsquo;s relationship with Mr. Epstein has proved particularly thorny. It has pitted abiding loyalty to Mr. Trump against growing demands from the MAGA base that the federal government release all its files related to the notorious predator.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Uh-huh. It had nothing to do with the fact that the dependably Trump-hating world of progressive media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-confused-jasmine-crockett-seems-call-dem-decision-epstein-coverup-thought-gop-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looked upon a single <\/a> with a redacted name like it was, collectively, a cartoon character with eyes popping out like dinner plates and tongue on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when it became apparent was no &ldquo;there&rdquo; there, it put its eyes back in, rolled up its tongue, and shifted to reserved innuendo and stories about the vague details contained in the wider tranche.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and it made the argument that &ldquo;right-wing outlets have continued to make their argument that Democrats had deliberately cooked up a controversy and that there was, they said, nothing to see here&rdquo; &mdash; that, too, as Mr. Bensinger put it.<\/p>\n<p>In other words: They deliberately cooked up a controversy, lamented we <em>didn&rsquo;t<\/em> pay attention at first, then lamented that we <em>did<\/em> once the actual story &mdash; that being the lack of one &mdash; became apparent. 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By Sunday, however, once that name was revealed, the media lost interest. So why is &#8220;conservative media&#8221; still so invested? I was just as surprised as anyone in conservative circles when I saw this weekend&#8217;s New York Times coverage showing we were focusing on the wrong issue all along. Suddenly, what was supposed to be the key piece linking Epstein and Trump became irrelevant because it contained nothing incriminating. But since The New York Times declared it so, conservatives were told to move on.<\/p>\n<p>For those who missed it: On Wednesday, House Oversight Democrats released three messages related to Epstein-one mentioning Trump and casting doubt on his account. (For context: Trump has said he knew Epstein before his crimes came to light but distanced himself after they fell out.) In 2011, Epstein reportedly told Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump &#8220;spent hours at my house&#8221; and implied he knew about Epstein&#8217;s victims.<\/p>\n<p>This made Trump appear more involved than he claimed. Yet Republicans quickly pointed out that the redacted name belonged to Virginia Giuffre-a victim who worked at Mar-a-Lago and consistently denied any misconduct by Trump until her death. Given Giuffre also accused Prince Andrew extensively, her involvement here actually helped clear Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Republicans released over 20,000 pages of documents including unredacted files with Giuffre&#8217;s name-effectively defusing what seemed like a bombshell. Still, Democrats and much of the media pushed narratives painting Trump negatively based on selective quotes from Epstein calling him &#8220;dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think thousands of pages would keep this story alive all weekend-and they did-but The New York Times expressed frustration that (1) the only truly damaging message turned out meaningless; and (2) conservative outlets were pointing this out instead of fueling outrage.<\/p>\n<p>The Times&#8217; Ken Bensinger criticized conservatives for initially ignoring these releases while other topics dominated their attention-even though cherry-picked documents suggested deeper stories might emerge later.<\/p>\n<p>When conservatives realized Democrats had crafted misleading conspiracies through redactions hiding Giuffre&#8217;s identity-and began focusing there-the narrative shifted again.<\/p>\n<p>In short: progressive media hyped a single redacted message as explosive; when nothing incriminating appeared after unredaction they downplayed it; meanwhile conservative voices questioned both tactics throughout-all while being accused by outlets like The New York Times for either ignoring or obsessing over these documents depending on timing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you want me to condense or simplify further!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2511353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-310.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[38157,3933,67077,15823],"class_list":["post-2511352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-conservative-media","tag-dems","tag-epstein-email","tag-nyt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michael-Featured-Image-310.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2511356,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511352\/revisions\/2511356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}