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1. Kelly was THE whipping boy for this issue. Media attention to his case was excessive.

Fri Feb 23, 2024, 10:23 AM

Feb 23

Many justify the Republican favoring media slant with explanations that doing so drums up viewership and ad revenue.

That makes little sense however when they ignore — for example — pics from the Epstein era of Smelvis on a plane surrounded by adolescent Ivanna lookalikes.

Ratings and revenue would soar if the media actually reported that story alone not to mention things like Melyawnia’s never-aired nudes.

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Let's talk about the non-reaction to the explosive revelations in the series "Secrets of Playboy." [View all] Scrivener7 Feb 23 OP

Kelly was THE whipping boy for this issue. Media attention to his case was excessive. live love laugh Feb 23 #1

Definitely. And I'm wondering of the silence is because, as with Epstein, everything was filmed Scrivener7 Feb 23 #2

If indeed people in high places want the story to die and it indeed dies live love laugh Feb 23 #5

I think most of male Hollywood XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #3

AND politicians, AND high placed media executives, AND industry leaders.... Scrivener7 Feb 23 #4

It's not handled the way that Cosby, Weinstein or R. Kelly was ScratchCat Feb 23 #6

I suppose that is the reasonable answer. That Playboy was about selling sex and Scrivener7 Feb 23 #7

She even had a bodyguard XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #9

I didn't see the series, but if Saudi Arabia and UAE are involved, there's one answer. yardwork Feb 25 #38

I didn't watch it because I'm tired of being bummed out by TV. maxsolomon Feb 23 #8

because its old news and nobody cares about playboy anymore? didnt know its still around...is it? nt msongs Feb 23 #10

Most of the Cosby story was old news, too, by the time it came out. Yet it was still a big story. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #11

Hugh Hefner didn't play the lovable father on TV. tinrobot Feb 25 #37

This series explores constant XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #12

Female executives? yardwork Feb 25 #39

Yes, they were women XanaDUer2 Feb 25 #40

That's so horrible. yardwork Feb 25 #43

I watched the first episde when it came on Hulu. It felt like old news and also the style was a little too themaguffin Feb 23 #13

From the series, no, it really wasn't scrutinized since the '50s. Not even a little bit. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #14

Ok, I guess I didn't see or read it with my own eyes... themaguffin Feb 23 #15

Hefners grave is next to Marilyn Monroe's XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #16

And he didn't even bother to get her permission to put her nude photos in that first edition. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #17

Even worse XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #18

There is no grave. It is a crypt above ground. NoRethugFriends Feb 23 #26

A lot of it is so historical Johonny Feb 23 #19

All the women who were interviewed, who are still dealing with the fallout from their time there, Scrivener7 Feb 23 #20

Come on Johonny Feb 23 #21

Well, there is coverage XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #23

Some people are Johonny Feb 23 #25

I give up. Apparently these women in their 40s, 50s and 60s are too old for their stories to matter. Scrivener7 Feb 23 #22

I replied upthread XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #24

I am gobsmacked at those replies obamanut2012 Feb 23 #29

A lot of people love porn. They loved hefner. redqueen Feb 25 #35

Ding XanaDUer2 Feb 25 #42

Ding again. Scrivener7 Feb 25 #45

Crosby was prosecuted. Weinstein was prosecuted. R. Kelly was prosecuted. eallen Feb 23 #27

Maybe Cosby XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #28

Kick nt XanaDUer2 Feb 23 #30

Kick nt XanaDUer2 Feb 24 #31

Maybe the abuses are so massive XanaDUer2 Feb 25 #32

Why do people complain about topics that aren't being discussed... brooklynite Feb 25 #33

The treatment they got isn't what they signed up for Johnny2X2X Feb 25 #34

I'll never forget seeing hefner lionized here redqueen Feb 25 #36

Because there really weren't any explosive revelations SocialDemocrat61 Feb 25 #41

It'd be like if Bryan Singer were arrested tomorrow Sympthsical Feb 25 #44