Staff Reports
The Miami Herald has seen better days. Once celebrated as the paragon of journalistic excellence in Florida, this paper, a fixture for over a century, now finds itself teetering at the edge of irrelevance. With a storied past that boasts Pulitzer Prizes and once-respected reporters, it has devolved into a mere mouthpiece for partisan attacks, particularly against conservatives. The recent attempt by the Herald to link Trump to Jeffrey Epstein through a seized opportunity to criticize him demonstrates just how far this publication has fallen.
On late Monday, the Herald published a sensational piece alleging that Donald Trump had flown on a plane previously owned by Epstein, a name synonymous with scandal. For a publication that prided itself on investigative integrity, this was a feeble attempt to drum up outrage, betraying more desperation than substance. The story was not just thin on evidence — it effectively showcased the depths of their current editorial strategy: grasping at straws to concoct a non-scandal.
Why Trump flew to campaign events on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane last weekend https://t.co/hc9CMwnQJh
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) August 13, 2024
Trump had scheduled a rally in Bozeman, Montana, when mechanical issues necessitated an emergency landing in Billings. To make up for lost time, he chartered a different jet to reach his destination. The ingenious reporting of the Herald focused on the fact that one of those planes was previously owned by Epstein, but this alone fails to prove any wrongdoing on Trump’s part. Epstein, who met his untimely demise in jail several years ago, certainly isn’t in the position to be using any planes, yet that minor detail barely makes it into the Herald’s narrative.
As conservative audiences know all too well, the lack of connection between Trump and Epstein’s nefarious activities just doesn’t suit the Herald’s narrative. Instead of acknowledging the complete lack of evidence linking Trump to Epstein, the paper escalated its sensationalism by implying that the mere mention of the two names in the same sentence would generate scandal. Readers were left asking, where’s the actual news here?
It wouldn’t be surprising if the paper’s dwindling readership sees the report for what it truly is: an awkward attempt to smear a public figure when there is no actual scandal to report on. For many, this incident joins the annals of poorly executed hit pieces against conservatives. Instead of reclaiming its once-illustrious legacy, the Miami Herald seems content to serve up recycled arrows against those on the right, diminishing its credibility with each pedestrian attack. The end result? An article that is as uninformative as it is desperate, further solidifying the paper’s position not as a trusted news source, but as a partisan player in a political game that increasingly looks like a farce.
