

Latest sources also make it very questionable whether Epstein's was a 'financier'.

Latest filings of his lawyers already showed that he is definitively not a 'billionaire'. Is there any opposition to omitting "financier" is the lede? At least a hint in the lede that according to sources this is an image that Epstein paid to be promoted about himself?Īccording to latest sources it was mainly Epstein himself who promoted his image as 'billionaire financier' and he paid several journalists to paint this image what wouldn't be necessary if he was a real billionaire financier. "These ISPs have sought to balance community expectations to remove access to the video with the need to minimise any inconvenience that may arise from legitimate content being blocked as an unavoidable, temporary consequence," Communications Alliance chief executive John Stanton said in a statement.Some editors argued for omitting "unnecessary" facts in the lede (and to have those in the article text). The telco industry's peak body said the decision to voluntarily block domains was made due to the "extraordinary circumstances" involved. Optus said it had blocked the domains after "reflecting on community expectations". "While there were discussions at an industry level about this issue, this is a decision Vodafone Australia came to independently," a spokeswoman said in a statement. Vodafone said while blocking requests normally came from the courts or law enforcement agencies "this was an extreme case which we think requires an extraordinary response". The ban on 4chan was lifted a few hours later. Optus and Vodafone declined to name which domains they blocked but the same platforms also failed to load on their networks on Tuesday afternoon.


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