Michael Tracey writes: Look at this madness from (bizarrely) one of the most popular podcasts in the country.
@karaswisher declares how wonderful it is that Prince Andrew was arrested for some vague “public misconduct” offense, because he “should’ve been arrested for something else,” but “this is what they could get him on.”
And she also declares that she knows Andrew “did this,” meaning commit a child sex crime, even though the central claims of his accuser have been resoundingly discredited, including by US government investigators, according to newly released Epstein Files that Kara evidently never got a chance to read.
But in any event, “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime” used to be regarded as the quintessential Stalinist ethos of how to enforce criminal law. Kara explicitly calls on the US to import this once-reviled philosophy, because in her mind, “everybody’s dirty” who was ever associated with Epstein, in any way, ever.
She therefore calls for a US special counsel of some sort, to pursue further prosecutions on the basis of her newly embraced Stalinist philosophy.
Scott Galloway, whose apparent appeal as a media personality I’m still constantly baffled by, agrees with his co-host and says US prosecutors should simply pour through Epstein’s flight logs, and pick out some random people to prosecute. He demands “dozens if not hundreds” of new indictments on the basis of this quintessentially Stalinist imperative.
Just incredible stuff. The contemporary podcast media ecosystem is such a ridiculous blight on humanity.
