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Rob Finnerty squared off with Chuck Todd on Newsmax’s Finnerty this week in a blunt, no-nonsense segment that touched on Jeff Bezos’ management of the Washington Post, the still-controversial Epstein files, and the collapse of institutional journalism. The exchange laid bare what millions of Americans already suspect: legacy media figures like Todd defend a broken system even as it cannibalizes itself.
The most damning evidence against Bezos’ stewardship arrived in plain sight when the Washington Post announced devastating newsroom cuts, slashing roughly a third of its staff and eliminating whole sections like sports and books — a bloodletting that leaves the Post a shadow of its former self. These weren’t mysterious market forces at work so much as executive decisions that betrayed readers and reporters alike, and those decisions have consequences for accountability reporting across the nation.
Conservatives aren’t simply gloating at the Post’s misfortune; we’re pointing to a pattern of shopworn elites shrinking institutions that once held power to account while pretending neutrality. Bezos’ meddling in endorsement decisions and the reorientation of the opinion pages aren’t idle footnotes — they are the kinds of political calculations that push subscribers away and hollow out an institution’s credibility. The public is right to be skeptical when the owner’s fingerprints reshape what was supposed to be a check on power.
On the Epstein files, Finnerty pressed hard and Todd offered the familiar establishment defense: trust the DOJ’s review that concluded there was no “client list” and that Epstein died by suicide. That official line is what the mainstream media now leans on, even as millions of Americans and many lawmakers demand more transparency and answers about long-standing unanswered questions.
Todd’s role in this debate is telling — he’s the archetype of the Beltway pundit who rose through NBC and Meet the Press, the same class of journalists who police speech for the left while shielding their own. Having him lecture a conservative host about “responsible” coverage while defending institutions that self-destruct is rich, and it exposes the partisan double standard in our media class.
Hardworking Americans deserve more than lectures and cover-ups; they deserve full transparency, honest reporting, and newsrooms that put public interest above pedigree and profit. If conservatives are accused of cynicism, it’s only because we watched institutions fail to protect the vulnerable and then gaslight the American people about it — now is the time to demand accountability from owners, editors, and those pundits who pretend impartiality while picking sides.
