Article in Columbia Journalism Review by John Hersh, 8/1/25

Headline: “Will the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Break MAGA Media?” 

Subhead:  “Mother Jones’s Anna Merlan on how the Epstein files are tearing MAGA media apart.”

“For the past few weeks, MAGA media and conservative podcasters have been torn apart over President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

“Anna Merlan, a senior editor at Mother Jones, joins The Kicker to talk about right-wing media’s efforts to change the subject—and whether their audiences will go along with it. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/kicker/will-the-jeffrey-epstein-scandal-break-maga-media.php