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Media Refuses the Story: Agents, Oprah, and Nancy Grace

from The Whole Thing Is Evil · #63

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4 min

Guest

Bryant explains how his agent dropped him for 'problems constructing a proper narrative,' how every major magazine and network passed on the story, and how Oprah's and Nancy Grace's producers ignored the material despite the UK's Ted Heath pedophile network parallel.

In this bit7 moments
  • 51:16Evidence suggests powerful figures were provided with children and covered it up, with UK investigators claiming some were killing kids.
  • 52:12Tim notes how shocking it is that such crimes have been covered up despite the levers of power involved.
  • 52:29The media is spineless—no major magazine in New York would touch his article about the story.
  • 53:12His agent dropped representation, claiming he had problems constructing a proper narrative.
  • 53:48A documentary series option through Magnolia Pictures got pitched to every network and was shut down by all of them.
  • 54:29Tim gave the Franklin Scandal to three of Oprah's producers and one of Nancy Grace's producers—they never responded or said they wouldn't do anything with it.
  • 54:57Supposedly child advocates are unwilling to touch a sensational but horrible story about scores of molested children.
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Margaret ThatcherFranklin scandalTiberiusMagnolia PicturesThe Keepers

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