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Rob Finnerty’s primetime sparring with veteran NBC hand Chuck Todd might have seemed like just another cable-TV dustup, but it was a necessary airing of grievances that the conservative movement has been demanding for years. On Newsmax’s platform the two men squared off over the Epstein files, Jeff Bezos’ stewardship of the Washington Post, and the wider collapse of trust in legacy institutions.
Chuck Todd played the part the legacy media always plays — defensive and comfortable in the old narrative — while Finnerty pushed for accountability and transparency that elites would rather avoid. The Justice Department and FBI’s July memo concluding there was no “client list” in the Epstein holdings only added fuel to the fire, because Americans who have watched powerful people dodge consequences hear “no list” as another convenient phrase from on high.
Even if bureaucrats say there’s nothing to see, that doesn’t erase the need to vet evidence and press for answers; conservatives know secrecy is the friend of coverups. President Trump publicly demanded the release of “everything” in the Epstein files, and that pressure has kept the story alive on conservative outlets while establishment voices try to move the conversation elsewhere.
And while the mainstream pontificates about “trust in journalism,” Jeff Bezos has overseen a steady, brutal shrinking of the Washington Post newsroom — massive layoffs and gutted sections that prove ownership matters more than impartiality. The Post’s cuts are not just bookkeeping; they are proof that billionaire stewardship can hollow out a paper while dictating the political tone it broadcasts to the country.
Congressional oversight is the only real check left when institutions fail, which is why the push to question Bill and Hillary Clinton about Epstein is crucial and right. The Oversight Committee’s efforts to compel testimony are not partisan theater so much as a belated attempt to get answers from people who lived in Epstein’s orbit; any American who values accountability should welcome that scrutiny.
Patriots don’t accept convenient conclusions rooted in reputation and influence; we demand documents, witnesses, and consequences. Finnerty’s show did what the rest of the media refuses to do — ask uncomfortable questions out loud — and conservatives should applaud that courage while continuing to press for real transparency from the DOJ, the courts, and the powerful institutions that have shielded their friends for too long.
