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by nikcub 1665 days ago
The NYTimes has a live blog - it was only pushed below the fold on the front page because of the school shooting:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/30/nyregion/ghislaine-m...

It's also the main headline on the frontpage of the BBC atm:

https://www.bbc.com/news

Some people are mistaking not reading with it not being covered.

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The story has been on the front page of every news website I've checked today. Loading a few of the usual news sites shows it's still near the top, although the tragic school shooting is obviously the higher priority news story right now.

But you're right: The topic of discussion all over Twitter and Reddit is about the lack of mainstream news coverage, which is such a weird claim to make when it can be disproven with 60 seconds of loading any news website.

Checked to see:

- NYT has one 100px tall box, 4 pages below the fold

- WaPo has coronavirus, acai bowls, Biden, Sydney Powell above fold, Ghislaine 2 pages down

- CNN I don't see Maxwell or Ghislaine anywhere but one Epstein box bottom 1st page

- Fox has two boxes, both below fold

> it was only pushed below the fold on the front page because of the school shooting

Is this known or a guess?

Reading Manufacturing Consent (as well as @nyt_diff) has led me to believe that we should not jump to come up with charitable excuses for why media does not cover stories in the way we think they should.