E379. Michael Tracey Exposes Epstein Hysteria For What It Is

About this episode

Michael Tracey joins Bridget Phetasy to discuss the misconceptions surrounding the Epstein case and the media's portrayal of it.

Journalist Michael Tracey joins Bridget to dissect the Epstein moral panic currently swallowing the internet whole—and he's got the receipts on why most of it is "conspiracy-brain melted slop." As one of the only journalists pushing back on the dominant narrative, Tracey breaks down what we actually know versus what people want to believe: the FBI's fraudulent "1000 victims" number, why the Alex Acosta "sweetheart deal" wasn't actually a sweetheart deal, how Whitney Webb's "research" is a jok...

People in this episode

Host: Bridget Phetasy

Guest: Michael Tracey

Topics covered

• Epstein
• moral panic
• journalism
• conspiracy theories
• media narrative

Keywords

• Epstein
• Michael Tracey
• conspiracy theories
• FBI
• media narrative
• Alex Acosta
• Whitney Webb

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI

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