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Last week’s Finnerty segment delivered something viewers rarely see on mainstream TV: a sparring match between Rob Finnerty and Chuck Todd that cut through the usual media pretense and forced the liberal establishment to explain itself. The two debated Jeff Bezos’ stewardship of the Washington Post, the fallout over the Epstein files, and how the left’s news organs protect their own while lecturing the rest of us.
Americans should be alarmed that a billionaire like Bezos can bankroll a national paper and then weaponize it as a political cudgel against conservatives while pretending to be a neutral newsroom. The Washington Post under Bezos has shepherded narrative after narrative that conveniently aligns with the donor class, and that isn’t accidental — it’s the result of activist ownership masquerading as journalism.
The Justice Department’s recent review into Jeffrey Epstein shattered the hopes of conspiracists and disappointed many on the right by concluding there was no “client list” and that Epstein died by suicide while in custody. That conclusion, drawn after a lengthy review of evidence and files, was reported by neutral outlets and confirmed in the agencies’ memo — a fact that shifts the battleground from sensationalist rumor to legitimate questions about how prior prosecutions were handled.
Still, the memo left a bitter taste for those who had been promised fuller transparency, and it exposed the gap between performative outrage and actual prosecutorial standards. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s earlier comments had raised expectations that more definitive evidence would be released, and when the DOJ’s findings did not match those promises, conservatives rightly demanded answers about who oversold the story and why.
President Trump himself publicly pushed for the release of anything in the Epstein files that could be made public, insisting transparency was the only way to quiet the rumors and serve the victims. That insistence reflected a genuine conservative demand: we want accountability and facts, not leaks and innuendo hiding behind anonymous sourcing.
Chuck Todd, a face of legacy media, attempted to play down the rage, arguing the industry’s handling of such stories is complicated by standards and law; his posture, though, reveals the soft bigotry of a media class more comfortable defending institutions than ordinary citizens. When establishment hosts lecture conservatives about “conspiracy” while their outlets sit on potential leads or spin facts to protect elites, they prove the point Finnerty was making — the press isn’t a neutral referee, it’s a participant.
The lesson for patriotic Americans is simple: demand receipts, not theater. We should want the full files reviewed publicly in ways that protect victims while exposing failures, not excuses or cover-ups. Until media moguls stop treating newspapers like personal megaphones and start acting like watchdogs again, conservatives must keep pressing for transparency, accountability, and a media ecosystem that serves the people rather than the powerful.
