Need to Know: How the Media Has Dropped the Ball on Epstein and on the First Amendment

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The release of the Epstein files is the story of the year. Or at least it would be if this administration wasn’t responsible for a new story of the year every week. So how has our intrepid American media responded to each successive crisis? Not well. Dan Froomkin and Jeff Jarvis join David Rothkopf to explore why our media and journalists haven’t risen to the occasion and why they’re letting the First Amendment down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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