The main reason the MSM followed this case was the link of Acosta to Trump. Just another club to bash Trump for a few news cycles. Epstein was not prosecuted because his association and activities with powerful men such as the vile Clinton and unnamed others was his ultimate protection. Soon this story will fade, Epstein will probably get off again lest he releases some information on the protected class, there will be no justice for the rapes of young girls and the fake news, propaganda MSM will look for new clubs to bash Trump.
Is any rational person surprised that prosecutors like Acosta are used as tools? See any prosecutions of Antifa or the Obama plotters who rigged an election? Equal justice under the law is turning out to be a myth.
At some point, does one objectively observe this system was designed and implemented by very intelligent people? That's why the GOPe goes along with the plan - they recognize greatness. It also explains the utter disdain the elite express for deplorables - so dumb and naive as to embrace the very belief systems created to keep them penned.
It seems an inevitable conclusion that it's futile to place any hope in those quarters. Utterly deluded and clueless, with no idea nor concept of the far reaching networks established to keep them docile and behaved.