Went to the grocery store an hour ago. One thing that struck me.

[Samrob]

All the tabloids that you find glaring at you as you go through the check out were absent ANYTHING about Trump, J6, or any of the insurrectionist Congresscritters from the House and Senate. Wow.

When Benghazi was going on, Hillary was on every tabloid there was from holding alien babies, to embracing Muslims. I use to spend a lot my time then turning the tabloids around so that the cover wasn't showing. The only thing surprising about this is that it took me so long to notice. I guess because I usually ignore the tabloids. Anyway, "they" told us how they play the game some time ago. The tabloid monopoly is owned by the anti-democracy, anti-truth, anti-fact, fascist-Nazi conglomerate.

[MiniMe]

1. A lot of the tabloids are owned by Rupert Murdach

That should tell you something

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Which ones?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_News_Corp#United_States

[DakotaSnow]

2. Another thing

Also at the grocery store - When covid hit all the public drinking fountains were turned off. I really thought they were going to be regulated to a quaint bit of history we would tell our grandkids about. Was back at the grocery store yesterday, to my surprise, they're all turned back on and in use. I never thought I'd see that happen. Even in a non-covid world, seeing how kids and even some adults use them, it's discusting. They should be regulated to history.

[Ocelot II]

4. Where would people get water? Not everyone can afford to buy bottled water,

which also creates a lot of plastic waste.

[okaawhatever]

5. Pretty sure it's a building code requirement. Much of that dates back to

Civil rights era. Must have restrooms and water fountains for public, etc. (not just white public)

[FSogol]

7. Drinking fountains are vastly superior to filling the ocean with plastic bottles. Single use plastic

is disgusting. They should be regulated to history.

[former9thward]

13. Not everyone is a germaphobe.

There is nothing wrong with drinking fountains. No one is going to die drinking water from them.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Tabloids and "gossip" magazines are virulently Right Wing.

I subscribe to Magzter and have access to thousands of magazines (sort of a Netflix to stream magazines), including dozens of "check-out line" magazines, and they are full of Democrat "scandals" (Clintons still seem to be a favorite) and full of praise for "patriots" like Trump and his ilk.

I'm not convinced this content is driven by "market forces", just as I have never been convinced conservative Hate Radio owes its dominance to profitability. I think it is another cheap way to indoctrinate the regular folk in the guise of entertainment. Sadly, these venues are ignored by liberals, who have ceded this fertile ground to the conservative wingnuts.

[EYESORE 9001]

8. Many of the biggest tabloids had a guy named Pecker for a publisher

That should provide a clue.

[underpants]

9. He's good friends with Trump

He clearly tried to play a part in 2016.

Although Trump was great for their stories way back when I think Trump saw it as any publicity is good publicity. I’m sure was a source for some of their leads like when he called the NY tabloids as John Barron.

[BradAllison]

10. National Enquirer is owned by a Trump humper

They will never say one bad thing about him.

[Walleye]

11. But Hunter Biden

[RANDYWILDMAN]

12. always have been

people who make money off of selling garbage stories are garbage people themselves.

[Sky Jewels]

14. This might be wishful thinking, but

I’d be surprised if paper tabloids are still around in 5 or 10 years. I’d imagine very few people born after 1970 buy them.

[usonian]

15. I knew TFG was toast when he disappeared and Michele Obama and others showed up.

except for one Holiday Cooking magazine

[Skittles]

17. OMG

I keep saying the man looks BASTED

[usonian]

18. BASTED, WASTED, AND HAS HAD THE STUFFING KICKED OUT OF HIM!

The orange color was so perfect, how could I resist?

[Skittles]

19. well he still looks STUFFED

yes INDEED

[usonian]

20. Okay, Okay, I looked it up on the internet.

Search images for "russell wilson richard sherman thanksgiving game turkey" for the original.

No stuffing can be found outside the bird.

I concede the point.

[Skittles]

21. ...

[kskiska]

16. I remember when the National Enquirer and others

never even bothered with politics. It was all movie star & celebrity dirt.