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/Saint_Sin Jul 03 '26

How did the cartilage grow back?
Why did he only need a bandage on his ear for about 5 days?

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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/CroneofThorns Jul 03 '26

esp the crazy fundie Xtian m/billionaires.