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I just spent the last several days feverishly reporting this exact story about Epstein's astroturf media campaign, only to get scooped by the Times 😭
Upside: I can close 900 browser tabs now
Story below misses a huge detail, though 1/n
Upside: I can close 900 browser tabs now
Story below misses a huge detail, though 1/n
Piece places the fake Epstein "news stories" within the once ubiquitous tradition among certain sites of letting random contributors post whatever they wanted, without editorial supervision
This is accurate re: Forbes & HuffPo. It's NOT what happened at National Review, tho 2/n
This is accurate re: Forbes & HuffPo. It's NOT what happened at National Review, tho 2/n
Here is the PR-effort-disguised-as-feature-article as originally published in @NRO in 2013
It reads like a profile of a devilishly fascinating man-of-science named Jeffrey Epstein
page 1: web.archive.org/web/2013071120…
page 2: web.archive.org/web/2013071520…
It reads like a profile of a devilishly fascinating man-of-science named Jeffrey Epstein
page 1: web.archive.org/web/2013071120…
page 2: web.archive.org/web/2013071520…
@NRO Of relevance: Christina Galbraith, the author, was not just a PR flack working for Epstein
She is, according to the only other article she ever published at @NRO, the daughter of William F. Buckley's lifelong best friend: google.com/url?sa=i&sourc…
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She is, according to the only other article she ever published at @NRO, the daughter of William F. Buckley's lifelong best friend: google.com/url?sa=i&sourc…
4/n
@NRO Here's where things get interesting: originally, the "article" explicitly identified Galbraith as Epstein's publicist
However, at some point btw March 5, 2015 and June 10, 2015, her byline was amended to DELETE the disclaimer about her affiliation to Epstein 🤔🤔🤔
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However, at some point btw March 5, 2015 and June 10, 2015, her byline was amended to DELETE the disclaimer about her affiliation to Epstein 🤔🤔🤔
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@NRO In other words, @RichLowry isn't really telling the whole story about @NRO's actions here when he fed the @nytimes this line
(cc: @tiffkhsu)
(cc: @tiffkhsu)
@NRO @RichLowry @nytimes @tiffkhsu The Wayback Machine keeps receipts!
1. Original disclaimer still present on March 5, 2015: web.archive.org/web/2015030508…
2. And gone with the wind by June 10, 2015: web.archive.org/web/2015061021…
1. Original disclaimer still present on March 5, 2015: web.archive.org/web/2015030508…
2. And gone with the wind by June 10, 2015: web.archive.org/web/2015061021…
@NRO @RichLowry @nytimes @tiffkhsu That's another majorly bizarre aspect of this pickle!
Christina Galbraith's father was ambassador to France under Reagan and is essentially Conservative royalty!!
The hell was going on w her shilling for Epstein?
Christina Galbraith's father was ambassador to France under Reagan and is essentially Conservative royalty!!
The hell was going on w her shilling for Epstein?
@NRO @RichLowry @nytimes @tiffkhsu Last thing: the reasoning behind @NRO's decision to remove the disclaimer at some point btw March & June 2015 is theirs to explain
But here's a big story that broke in that exact time period, about Galbraith's employer, the Epstein foundation: reuters.com/article/us-eps…
But here's a big story that broke in that exact time period, about Galbraith's employer, the Epstein foundation: reuters.com/article/us-eps…
