rant · moment 11 of 25
Why Only This Story Gets the 'Doesn't Suggest Wrongdoing' Treatment
from Names On Paper | The Tim Dillon Show #376 · #376
3 min
Tim hammers on the double standard of the media insisting no story like this ever needs a disclaimer, contrasting it with how harshly Trump's business dealings get covered.
- Tim questions why prosecutors preemptively declare that named individuals did nothing wrong in this case when they don't do it in other criminal cases.
- The notion that all these wealthy people being connected to Epstein is pure accident—they had no idea, he says, is implausible given their resources.
- Tim argues the world's richest people can travel anywhere and charter their own planes—they have no logical reason to specifically use Epstein's island.
- Media presents Epstein as the only person with access to a private jet, when there's an entire industry of jet brokers available to wealthy clients.
- Prosecutors are leading with disclaimers at the beginning, not the end, signaling they plan to claim the named individuals face vigilante justice concerns.