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In reply to the discussion: The thing to understand about the National Enquirer... [View all]summer_in_TX
(4,187 posts)29. Seth Abramson points to Saudi funding of the catch-and-kill stories.
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Hey, lets hope no one asks David Pecker who was *paying* for all Trumps catch-and-kill operations during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, becausespoiler alert!it was the Saudis, who had cut a deal with Don Jr. to illegally interfere in the election in early August 2016.
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Hey, lets hope no one asks David Pecker who was *paying* for all Trumps catch-and-kill operations during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, becausespoiler alert!it was the Saudis, who had cut a deal with Don Jr. to illegally interfere in the election in early August 2016.
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MORE/ How do I know this, you wonder? Well, Im glad you asked. I wrote all about it, with full sourcing, in a NEW YORK TIMES bestseller that was published five years ago.
Maybe people will care *now*? Or no?
Seth Abramson
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Youre getting *very warm*, James.
I said that this criminal trial is very much about illegal election interference, and I meant it. Per usual, the good guys are only telling about 10% of the story in order to not ruffle feathers. But America deserves the full truth about this. x.com/JamesSNYC/stat
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Lets not forget that David Pecker published a glossy custom magazine without ads on Saudi Arabia that was distributed by AMI in the USA. It extolled the virtues of Saudi Arabia and its destinations. A total puff piece. Follow the money. 💰
(Link to the article about the glossy custom magazine: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna868581)
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Saudi Arabia.
Once you understand that the arrangement between AMI and Trump was in fact an arrangement between AMI and Trump and MBS, you understand it all.
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Trying to pierce Pecker's claim that the arrangement was mutually beneficial, ADA Steinglass notes that catch-and-kill of the alleged affairs didn't benefit AMI's magazines.
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That was a very good point - the Enquirer is the thing you had to see at the checkout.
forgotmylogin
Apr 2024
#41
I've noticed that too. It seems to have gone back to People and Time etc where I live.
LeftInTX
Apr 2024
#48
But no more UFO stories of rural people being experimented on by aliens? Ah! The good ole days.
Wonder Why
Apr 2024
#2
The magazine exists to take advantage of people who do not examine the sources too closely, who are easily manipulated
Ford_Prefect
Apr 2024
#20
Are you referring to celebrity gossip tabloids like the National Enquirer?
Tommy Carcetti
Apr 2024
#35
one suspects people who look at that rag have already made up their minds on most issues nt
msongs
Apr 2024
#4
For what it's worth, one of so-called legal experts on tv said defense will show N Enquirer
Silent Type
Apr 2024
#9
Those stories also make their way into the msm as they feel they need to cover it or respond to it.
unblock
Apr 2024
#12
This: "What Trump sought to use the Enquirer for as free advertising and disinformation was the same as what the
Martin68
Apr 2024
#14
I turned against the Nation Enquirer when they plastered pictures of Princess Diana's death scene...Horrible
CarolinaNC
Apr 2024
#21
The National Enquirer is a celebrity gossip tabloid involving stories about real people.
Tommy Carcetti
Apr 2024
#34
The cover in the check out line is what most people saw. It was always worth a chuckle.
twodogsbarking
Apr 2024
#40