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Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?

Columbia Journalism Review · Josh Hersh · last updated

For the past few weeks, MAGA media and conservative podcasters have been torn apart over President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

Anna Merlan, a senior reporter at Mother Jones, joins The Kicker to talk about right-wing media’s efforts to change the subject—and whether their audiences will go along with it.

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