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Tommy Carcetti

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34. The National Enquirer is a celebrity gossip tabloid involving stories about real people.

Wed Apr 24, 2024, 10:26 AM

Apr 2024

What you're thinking of are papers like the World Weekly News, which dealt with the crazy supernatural stuff like aliens and bigfoot that no one in their right mind would take seriously.

But people might take gossip about a real person seriously.

Even if it wasn't true.

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The thing to understand about the National Enquirer... [View all] Tommy Carcetti Apr 2024 OP

Gotta wonder what the rise of self checkout did to their business? n/t CincyDem Apr 2024 #1

That's the best thing about self checkout..LOL LeftInTX Apr 2024 #7

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

What happened to Nessie anyways? n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Apr 2024 #18

and no more Elvis sightings either DBoon Apr 2024 #30

The National Enquirer was a gossip tabloid involving real people. Tommy Carcetti Apr 2024 #33

Only people in their radical right mind believe the Enquirer. Wonder Why Apr 2024 #38

HEY! Bat Boy was a totally real thing! Ligyron Apr 2024 #42

I honestly think claudette Apr 2024 #3

Agreed nikatnyte Apr 2024 #19

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

Not necessarily Tommy Carcetti Apr 2024 #8

That was a strong intent. LiberalFighter Apr 2024 #5

A sad fact, well exposed. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #6

For what it's worth, one of so-called legal experts on tv said defense will show N Enquirer Silent Type Apr 2024 #9

I always thought there was this percentage of people CanonRay Apr 2024 #10

TFG had his own "fake news" outlet. Sneederbunk Apr 2024 #11

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

Batboy. Igel Apr 2024 #13

To be honest gay texan Apr 2024 #27

Batboy is alive and real in Florida! Blue Owl Apr 2024 #32

This: "What Trump sought to use the Enquirer for as free advertising and disinformation was the same as what the Martin68 Apr 2024 #14

When I was in college back in the 1960s HUAJIAO Apr 2024 #15

I'm always surprised by the number of people... surfered Apr 2024 #16

Bingo TC DENVERPOPS Apr 2024 #17

I turned against the Nation Enquirer when they plastered pictures of Princess Diana's death scene...Horrible CarolinaNC Apr 2024 #21

I miss Weekly World News at the checkout... catbyte Apr 2024 #22

Love me some Bat Boy....LOL diverdownjt Apr 2024 #24

Last I heard he's trying to attack Medicare and Social Security Blue Owl Apr 2024 #31

Bat Boy looks like Rudy Giuliani as a child. nt PufPuf23 Apr 2024 #44

Nailed it orangecrush Apr 2024 #23

Aliens!! The #1 topic WarGamer Apr 2024 #25

The National Enquirer is a celebrity gossip tabloid involving stories about real people. Tommy Carcetti Apr 2024 #34

always worth a laugh in line at the store WarGamer Apr 2024 #36

Great take TC. NoMoreRepugs Apr 2024 #26

I don't think the NI is much like if was in the old days. captain queeg Apr 2024 #28

Seth Abramson points to Saudi funding of the catch-and-kill stories. summer_in_TX Apr 2024 #29

Republican OWNED Media is a "thing". live love laugh Apr 2024 #37

My mother-in-law moniss Apr 2024 #39

The cover in the check out line is what most people saw. It was always worth a chuckle. twodogsbarking Apr 2024 #40

It was always about Hillary's health. It was like having Fox News piped into the grocery store. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #49

The eyes see, the mind registers, the mindless believe sanatanadharma Apr 2024 #43

Every time Always Blue Apr 2024 #45

Once I got used to doing my own shopping as an adult, NanaCat Apr 2024 #46

Propaganda can be very subtle. Liberal In Texas Apr 2024 #47

the National Enquirer is trump mountain grammy Apr 2024 #50