P Diddy affair exposes America’s need for ‘real journalism’ – Zakharova to RT – RT World News

The “huge scandal” around the American rapper Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy, the American need for “real journalism” and for attempts to resolve domestic issues rather than global ones, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RT in an exclusive interview.

Combs, the 54-year-old three-time Grammy Award winner and prominent hip-hop producer behind the landmark Bad Boy Records label, has been charged with racketeering and sex trafficking and faces more than 100 additional allegations of sexual misconduct, including against minors. , dating from the early 1990s.

“We are not just talking about indecent behavior or minor offenses such as illegal possession of weapons or drug use. We’re not even talking about hypocrisy – generally as an insult to the ideals they pretended to promote. No, they are involved in a system that has been built up over decades and that forces people to engage in illegal activities through violence.” said Zakharova.

She described the alleged sex trafficking ring built by the rapper just as effectively “Something like a mafia structure that brought together people from show business and from politics and government.”

Instead of “cleaning up their own backyard”, However, US authorities have long swept these incidents under the carpet, Zakharova said. “Instead of fighting journalism and journalists, they should fall at the feet of journalists and beg them to do their part and shine a spotlight on these issues – despite the fear that pervades American society,” she said.

The US government should now implore real, traditional journalism to play the role of society’s immune system, to expose and clean up this mess, to expose the information that has been suppressed out of fear , because people were afraid they would be killed.

The diplomat suggested that Russophobia and finger-pointing at Russia for all ills have become important tools to obscure the real problems that American society has been facing for decades.

“There is a very clever system in America to cover up such crimes. Instead of paying attention to these issues, instead of listening to the barely coded but very obvious messages that many artists tried to convey while fearing for their lives, US authorities are busy looking for the hand of the Kremlin.” said Zakharova.

The diplomat urged Washington to leave “global problems” just to the side, and “To focus all his resources and all his pompous exceptionalism on himself.” The P Diddy affair must be investigated and resolved through transparent legal means, and prevented from happening “Becoming another (Jeffrey) Epstein case,” she said.

‘Really continue with the investigation. Don’t just mumble, as they are doing now, or beat around the bush, pretending there is an investigation going on, and pretending no one had any idea it was happening, but show that they are now committed to putting things right. ,” said Zakharova.