"There probably won't be any MSM articles until after the event, since it isn't "news" until it actually happens."
There probably won't be any MSM articles even AFTER it happens. Have you any idea how many "Symposia" occur in the greater DC area each week?
Not everything that folks like Epstein does warrants news coverage. Not every symposium deserves news coverage.
This story was way overdrawn.
That's not the case. Jeff Epstein contacted reporters at the Washington Times and elsewhere, who told him they'd cover the event, but weren't willing to write an article in advance of it.