# ABC News had the goods on Jeffrey Epstein years ago — and killed the story
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Publisher: Salon.com · published 2019-12-15 · read 2026-09-13

Original: https://www.salon.com/2019/12/15/abc-news-had-the-goods-on-jeffrey-epstein-years-ago-and-killed-the-story/

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## Who is named (20)

- [Manufacturing Consent](https://truthscore.com/entity/0082c50c)
- [Ashley Bianco](https://truthscore.com/entity/0844743b)
- [Forbes](https://truthscore.com/entity/0baa8d0d)
- [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68)
- [Jeffrey Epstein](https://truthscore.com/entity/1e6a5f26)
- [Prince Andrew](https://truthscore.com/entity/243d7b70)
- [Huffington Post](https://truthscore.com/entity/262f8097)
- [Alan Dershowitz](https://truthscore.com/entity/3902bec6)
- [Noam Chomsky](https://truthscore.com/entity/72b57652)
- [National Review](https://truthscore.com/entity/7ec89d4e)
- [ABC News](https://truthscore.com/entity/811ba991)
- [CNN](https://truthscore.com/entity/96511e67)
- [MSNBC](https://truthscore.com/entity/96dbdab1)
- [James O’Keefe](https://truthscore.com/entity/98058b70)
- [leaked video](https://truthscore.com/entity/982cd9dd)
- [The New York Times](https://truthscore.com/entity/9869dffb)
- [CBS News](https://truthscore.com/entity/a3e8f010)
- [Bill Clinton](https://truthscore.com/entity/bb5d94ef)
- [Edward Herman](https://truthscore.com/entity/d561d8ac)
- [Amy Robach](https://truthscore.com/entity/da659d64)

## Restated (already known — zero weight)

- [Jeffrey Epstein died in suspicious circumstances at a Manhattan correctional facility on Aug. 10.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1ec1f9c4)
- [Jeffrey Epstein stands accused by dozens of women and girls of trafficking, rape and sexual abuse.](https://truthscore.com/claim/50981885)
- [Donald Trump said in 2002 that he had known Jeffrey Epstein for 15 years and that Epstein liked beautiful women.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e5d2998d)
- [Bill Clinton was close with Jeffrey Epstein.](https://truthscore.com/claim/28d00426)
- [The leaked video showed that corporate media knew much about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes years earlier.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7063c904)
- [The clip was originally leaked to James O’Keefe.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5ad3387b)
- [ABC employees, including Amy Robach, have confirmed the video’s authenticity.](https://truthscore.com/claim/39845419)
- [Amy Robach said she had the Jeffrey Epstein story for three years.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a9b969dc)
- [Amy Robach reported that she was told “Who is Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/52139744)
- [According to Amy Robach, the royal family threatened ABC after learning of allegations about Prince Andrew.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ddfd0098)
- [Amy Robach said ABC was afraid it would not be able to interview Kate and Will, leading to the story being quashed.](https://truthscore.com/claim/98526c7b)
- [Amy Robach said Alan Dershowitz was implicated because of his use of Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet.](https://truthscore.com/claim/27087024)
- [Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky identified “sourcing” and “flak” as two of the five key filters in their book Manufacturing Consent.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2f2810b0)
- [The 2018 U.S. mail bombing attempt was a form of flak in which a Trump supporter sent a bomb to CNN headquarters.](https://truthscore.com/claim/23585695)
- [ABC News claimed it never nixed the Epstein story and never stopped investigating it.](https://truthscore.com/claim/428f8afe)
- [ABC’s investigation led to a two‑hour documentary and a six‑part podcast that will air in the new year.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0eb89bc0)
- [CBS News fired producer Ashley Bianco after ABC contacted them, asserting she leaked the tape.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e4b8cca2)
- [Top executives at ABC are reportedly “freaking out” over the anonymous employee’s identity and are spending more resources finding the leaker than…](https://truthscore.com/claim/02b9d288)
- [Nearly a month after the video first leaked, MSNBC, CNN, CBS and the New York Times had not reported on Amy Robach’s revelation or Ashley Bianco’s termination.](https://truthscore.com/claim/56cdea88)
- [Epstein’s team convinced the Huffington Post, Forbes and the National Review to publish puff pieces about him on 11/17/17, 10/2/13 and 7/10/13 respectively.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b1c7a654)
- [Forbes described Jeffrey Epstein as “one of the largest backers of cutting‑edge science around the world,” without mentioning his criminal past.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ea0e11a9)
- [The writer of the Forbes puff piece was paid $600 by a PR firm to attach his name to the pre‑fab article and run it on the site.](https://truthscore.com/claim/444c44f0)
- [Amy Robach predicted that there will come a day when the United States will realize Jeffrey Epstein was the most prolific pedophile the country has ever known.](https://truthscore.com/claim/427a4687)

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