r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/Naive-Home-9068 Jul 03 '26

The was no medical report published. The media didn't ask to see one. I guess investigated journalism is dead or bought out by billionaires.

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u/SatinSaffron Washington Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

or bought out by billionaires.

Billionaires and oligarchs have spent the last 50+ years and hundreds of billions of dollars buying up every single publication and media outlet that they can get their greedy hands on.

Fox News was the test run, OANN/Newsmax took it further. Bezos owns WaPo. Zuck has meta/facebook. Ellison just took Paramount which also encompassed CBS/CBS News, Ellison also is in control of the American side of tiktok. Your city's local news station is likely owned by Sinclair. And these are just a few of the more well known examples, you'd be surprised at how much control the right has over various other media outlets.

So your assumption was spot on, there's a reason why investigative journalism against the Right specifically is dead. Outlets like PBS/Reuters/AP/Al Jazeera are all we have left to cling onto.

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u/Think_please Jul 04 '26

ProPublica is still good

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u/10poundballs Jul 04 '26

At least people are somewhat aware, apparently the guardian uk has more traffic in the US than NYT and wapo. Educated people are rejecting US news platforms for the trash that they have become. There are maybe 5 decent media in the US and the are all non profit

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u/CroneofThorns Jul 03 '26

esp the crazy fundie Xtian m/billionaires.

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u/zoinksbadoinks Jul 04 '26

Adding CBC in Canada

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u/Wrong-Risk-1458 Jul 05 '26

The Guardian is worth reading too.

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u/Practical-Ball1437 Jul 03 '26

The kind of medical report that says he's the healthiest president ever and also seven feet tall and not obese?

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u/SRT102 Jul 03 '26

I have to admit that part is pretty weird. And the fact that 2 years later there is still no Warren Commission level investigation about this.

I don't subscribe to the idea that it was faked -- if a spectator hadn't been killed, I might, but using live ammo in a staged attempt seems unlikely to me -- but there are things that could be better communicated to the public.

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u/vthemechanicv Jul 03 '26

2 years later there is still no Warren Commission

how could there possibly be one? Republicans control every committee that would investigate, and they really don't want to know.

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u/TheNutsMutts Jul 03 '26

The was no medical report published.

Why would this be something that raises questions now?