• NABDad@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    It’s kind of a shame. If only Hugh Hefner knew any journalists or publishers. They could have done an exposé.

    Not blaming Hugh for Epstein’s crimes, but…did it not even occur to him?

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      4 days ago

      why was it his responsibility? he passed the knowledge onto the proper authorities. he did the right thing.

      maybe he didn’t want to jeopardize an investigation by publishing hearsay. maybe he thought they were investigating.

      what a silly comment. lol @ the upvotes.

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        4 days ago

        I would argue that it was his responsibility as a publisher. Otherwise, what’s the point of hiring journalists?

        The reason a free press is important in a democracy is to hold the proper authorities responsible when they don’t do their job.

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        4 days ago

        But why wouldn’t he just do something like, “Hey Bob (or whoever), put someone on the Epstein story. Someone who can do some digging.”

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          4 days ago

          Same reason nobody else really has, they’re vicious gangsters, they kill innocent people. If they rape children en masse they have no qualms killing an investigator.

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      4 days ago

      I’m not sure people would had respected a piece of proper journalism published in PlayBoy