Donald Trump Jr defends Russell Brand and points to rapist ‘finding God’
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One of the ten biggest stories of the past week (number 5 of 4039).Part of a bigger story
Russell Brand: 2 developments since Mon 9 Nov.Related
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1File photo: Donald Trump Jr.
Russell Brand emerged during a period of open lechery and heartless comedy. The bright lines he crossed were being blurred, and his defenders had an excuse to look away, writes Douglas Murray.
The Mirror didn’t include a summary, so this is The Free Press’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: Donald Trump Jr.
, is an American businessman and political activist. He is the eldest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana Trump.4
The bigger story: Russell Brand
2 developments since Mon 9 Nov. 1 more since this one.
Donald Trump Jr defends Russell Brand and points to rapist ‘finding God’
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The story so far
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Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (0 in the last three hours, 2 in the three before).
First with it: spiked, 19 hr 41 min before anyone else.
Reported by 56 newsrooms.
Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: The Guardian and Just the News (the same headline); Daily Express, The Mirror (all Reach); The West Australian, PerthNow, 7NEWS (all Seven West Media); The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday (all Nine); The Times of India and BBC News (the same headline).
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How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
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| Mon | 1 |
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| Wed | 39 |
| Today | 24 |
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Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence)
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The Mirror: Donald Trump Jr defends Russell Brand and points to rapist ‘finding God’
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The Free Press: Douglas Murray: Russell Brand Ran Out of Enablers
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Background: “Donald Trump Jr.”, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)


