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Archive of paywalled Atlantic article

Peter Mandelson, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Washington, was recalled Thursday after the extent of his friendship with the disgraced financier became impossible to deny. In a 10-page message in the now-infamous 2003 scrapbook, he called Epstein his “best pal” and included several photos of himself. Describing the financier as “mysterious,” Mandelson said that he would often be left alone with Epstein’s “interesting” friends—an assertion that appeared over a picture of an unknown young woman in her underwear.

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Americans might be tempted to look at the situation in Britain and think: Consequences for misguided actions—remember them? That’s the right impulse. In the United States, the Epstein scandal has devolved into a mere political soap opera, in which the victims are largely forgotten and Trump is so far unscathed. British voters who are angry with their government might find some small consolation in the fact that on their side of the Atlantic Ocean, ethical lapses can still carry a serious political price.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 days ago (3 children)

the whole thing is a bit weird though - his assosciation was known since last year, and he was transparently visiting Epstein in prison. Why now?

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

forced to confront it because of the bday book I suppose. which is pitiful but our media... goddamn we need a return to old school journalism, I just can't see how it happens without newspapers.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just can’t see how it happens without newspapers.

Sucks that billionaires own the privately owned media, and what they don't own they can just buy. That's where national news services should step in.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

defend the beeb at all costs. it's imperfect but better than dang near anything we have.

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The beeb is already captured. Their reporting on Gaza is amongst the worst, and the chairman is Tory who uses "impartiality" as an excuse to suppress common sense and compassion

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the beeb has had good times and bad. the trick is to rescue the institution and it's legacy while purging the fuckwits.

it's worth it to try.

[–] Tweak@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

I fail to see how the good stacks up evenly against the bad, when the bad includes the promotion of the likes of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage.

[–] unknown@piefed.social -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I dread to think about your moral compass if you think the beeb is still worth defending. I gave up on the bbc in 2016, and it's gotten so much worse since then.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I dread to think about your moral compass

I don't think about you. at all.

[–] unknown@piefed.social -1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that's the kind of mindset that leads folk like you to believe the BBC is still a reputable institution.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Journalists uncovered that he had misrepresented the facts when the Prime Minister chose to ask him specific details before appointing him.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

so this is just the PM effectively distancing himself from his previous decision of appointing him

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago
[–] hector@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago

He was going to face questions from us media that would embarrass and intensify the scandal for the us administration.

They knew, guy was unrepentant and still gushing over epstein and referred to his residences with a yum yum comment. Guy fucked kids and was Israel's bitch as a result, but liked it.