The conservative community talked about Sweeney — whose “nice denims” advert has generated backlash amid accusations that it glorified whiteness and nods to eugenics — on 62 events with a complete of 85 minutes of protection from Monday to noon Thursday, in accordance with the nonprofit media watchdog.
Epstein acquired 14 mentions and was “usually introduced up in passing or quick headline reviews,” including as much as a complete of below three minutes of protection, per the report.
The evaluation additionally discovered that CNN, Newsmax and MSNBC talked about Epstein overwhelmingly greater than Sweeney in the identical timespan, with the latter outlet not referring to the “Euphoria” actor by any means.
The fixation on Sweeney marked a departure from protecting the fallout of the Trump administration’s dealing with of the Epstein information in the identical week that the president didn’t rule out pardoning the late intercourse offender’s confederate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
The president has additionally just lately implied that Epstein “stole” Virginia Giuffre — one in every of his most distinguished accusers — from his Mar-a-Lago spa, feedback that her household has since described as “shocking.”