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[–] 260 points 5 months ago (7 children)

forced a woman to give him oral sex when she was in her early teens

Talk about failure as a journalist. I just can’t with these assholes. They’re almost as guilty as Trump in that their word choice helps every last one of those bastards get away with it.

If the GIRL was a TEEN, then she was a CHILD, not a woman. I don’t care about the potential for alternative interpretations here. The frame placed on the situation is done with one word: woman. Not teen. Not child. Not kid. Not girl. “Woman”. Which creates a sideways shift in perception.

I am so sick of this shit.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

    Again, this isn't a failure, the media is working exactly as intended. They aren't on our side, they're on the side of the ruling class. The ruling class bought and own the media. They aren't going to use the media to criticize themselves.

    If we want to see justice, we need to make it. We need to take action. The rules of the system protect the ruling class. We need to break the rules and break the system itself.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago*

    Certin News people faced justice when the Nazis fell, a lot of people forget that it wasnt just the soldier of the regime that were tried and persecuted. Tho this person likely isn't the subject, her editer def might get looked over

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    There's a distinct difference between how some of these terms are used depending on context. There is biological status and then there is legal status.

    So be careful where & when you take issue.

    Here, legal terms are appropriate due to the subject matter, and you should definitely suggest to the authors that they adjust the terms used accordingly.

    Just complaing to the ether may be cathartic, but inaction is also complicit.

    However teen is a teen regardless of context, as it's a designation of age group, not a legal or biological classification. So it's up to the reader to determine relevance of the teens age beyond that.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    Even in paper days journalism deliberately packed their first and second sentences of an article with the most punchy and relevant details because they knew, with every additional sentence, readers were lost.

    The line is buried. And could be stated more succinctly with “13 year old girl”, punching in the relevant details.

    Instead, extra words are added. It’s deliberate. And it’s journalism’s job not to do this because a large slice of readers will hit only the key words and move on.

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  • [–] 94 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Trigger warning for her testimonial.

    She also disappeared without a trace after Trump became president.

    Full write up in our community https://lemmy.world/post/35298932

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    [–] 83 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    Feds knew. America knew.

    This is America.

    And the darkest part is the sex trafficking and rape most likely is just the tip of how evil they are. They don't just want to own sex slaves, they want, or even more likely have the upper hand in owning humanity.

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    [–] 50 points 5 months ago (17 children)

    Again, early teens is not a woman, that's grade school or beginning of high school:

    TNR reporter Edith Olmsted wrote that “A 21-page slideshow buried in the massive trove of Epstein-related documents included allegations that sometime between 1983 and 1985, Trump forced a woman to give him oral sex when she was in her early teens,” Olmsted wrote. “When the woman bit down on Trump’s exposed penis, he allegedly punched her in the head and kicked her out. That same woman told the DOJ that Epstein had introduced her to Trump in 1984.”

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    [–] 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Nothing is going to come of this. He's invincible because we've allowed it.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    He's invincible because 1/3rd of the US population looked away while another 1/3rd put him into power.

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  • [–] 32 points 5 months ago

    When you say "sex with a minor" what you really mean is "raped a child" right?

    Right?

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  • [+] 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago

    Ahh, the Katie Johnson video. Her testimony was corroborated by someone too.

    YouTube video of Katie Johnson’s testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRod

    Full court docket: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4154484/katie-johnson-v-donald-j-trump/

    PDF of the initial complaint (WARNING very graphic): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4154484/1/katie-johnson-v-donald-j-trump/ TRIGGER WARNING - EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS (Tap to reveal)

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    Have they identified the 14-yr old down syndrome girl whom jeffry and Leon Black impregnated and killed her baby? Or was she one of the victims who vanished with Epestien's 400 galons of acid and remains thrown in the ocean?

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