Interview · moment 12 of 19
Media Refuses the Story: Agents, Oprah, and Nancy Grace
from The Whole Thing Is Evil · #63
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4 minGuest
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.
- 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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