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madmanpg ago

Problem: Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Moonies, also founded the Washington Times. The Washington Times is the paper responsible for breaking the Franklin Scandal with their 1989 story about a homosexual pedophile prostitute ring in DC. Why would a paper connected to such things allow such an article to be printed and saved for posterity?

mysecretidentity ago

a number of reasons. I think the fact that they broke the story is just another confirmation of suspicions. perhaps preempt an escaped victim leaking it thus controlling the narrative, punishment or warning for a conspirator getting out of line, a show of control or power.

and what was the end result of the Franklin case? IIRC only people that went to jail were a couple victims... and the rest withdrew their complaints to avoid jail. seems very telling

SpikyAube ago

I think back then the media was less controlled by the interests of their funders/owners than they are now. Far more investigative reporting and exposure of state crime was done back then as far as I can tell. I think the process of completely infiltrating the media and ensuring that only clueless/brainwashed/in-on-it and too-lazy-to-do-any-proper-reporting journalists are employed has happened over the past 30 years or so.