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[-] AGM@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

The headline is about some mentions of PMs that amount to nothing while burying this inside?

In one email from September 2017, Austin Hill, co-founder of Blockstream, a Vancouver-based blockchain company, wrote to Epstein asking how his island was after a storm and to “ping me if you’d like to talk crypto or ICO’s.”

As the two exchanged messages, Hill asked Epstein what he thought about “these ICOs & SEC/Hatch Act vs the crazy crypto cowboys?”

“Lots to discuss,” Epstein replied. “(U.S. government) very nervous.”

“Yeah - we are trying to get Justin Trudeau & the provinces to do a regulatory power move up here to create a safe framework,” Hill said. “Take the action the (U.S.) can’t handle & help our markets compete.”

Hill later added: “If we add our immigration policy for entrepreneurs & some AI s--t we have brewing / give us functioning crypto markets … Canada might just end up being America’s hat forever.”

Wtf? That's way more interesting.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

they really did bury the lede there

[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago

Emphasis mine.

A total of 69 results show up when Carney’s name is typed into a search feature in the DOJ’s so-called “Epstein library.”

Many of the results are from a daily newsletter on international finance that Epstein was subscribed to.

While his name appears throughout the files, there is no direct correspondence between Carney and Epstein.

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s name also appears in the files a total of 27 times, mostly in the context of news headlines and stories within various newsletters and roundups Epstein was subscribed to.

"In passing" is doing some absurdly heavy lifting in this headline. CTV should be embarrassed they published it. OP should be embarrassed that they shared it.

But Yog attempting to spread insubstantial, misleading articles and headlines because they hurt the Canadian government, and then getting defensive and abrasive about it in comments? What a fucking twist. /s

Call me when Carney is asking to visit the island, and I'll turn my opinion on a fucking dime, but get out of here with this pathetically ungrounded, intentionally divisive, political propaganda.

[-] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 5 points 3 days ago

That's a weak content and a highly misleading title.

Putin alone was named over 1,000 times in the Epstein files. They also inlduce multiple references to Iran, ranging from claims of a meeting with a former Iranian president to allegations of arms trading, financial networks, and property links connected to Tehran. Britian's Prince Andrew spent ‘a great deal of time’ with Xi Jinping (here is the original link).

These and other reports are more detailed and concerning than this imo.

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I'm actually really happy that a journalist reported that they checked and didn't find anything intetesting.

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

Ya. I hate the headlines that say “mentioned” since there are hundreds of uninteresting people “mentioned” because they were brought up in a mundane email about unrelated stuff. Podcasters have been “mentioned” because someone listened to their podcast.

This dilutes the impact of hearing a name that truly is implicated. It almost feels on purpose that they want to numb us to these headlines.

[-] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 0 points 2 days ago

Yeah, but OP's only interest is a 'Canada bad' post. A misleading but bold headline is perfect for their propaganda despite the content being a nothing burger.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 3 days ago

libs sure do love whataboutism

[-] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 days ago

The article is lacking substance

Huh.. I searched for Mark Carney specifically and his name came up twice or so and they were in news articles downloaded from websites that Epstein had.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

In journalism there's a phrase: feed the goat. Journalists need to produce a certain number of articles a day to keep their job, regardless of quality or relevence. This is an example of that: someone did what they should, and searched up famous Canadians in the Epstein, found zilch, and posted their findings.

In this case, everyone is interested in the "Epstein" keyword, so I'm sure it's getting lots of traffic.

The goat is pleased.

[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

A total of 69 results show up when Carney’s name is typed into a search feature in the DOJ’s so-called “Epstein library”.

If my name had to be unintentionally included in a list, this would be the appropriate number.

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