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Surprised that the Boca-based National Enquirer went all out to nail ex-presidential wannabe John Edwards?
Don’t be.
The American Media Inc. tabloid first revealed during October’s tough Democratic primary campaign that Edwards had an affair with campaign worker Rielle Hunter. At least two characters close to the company couldn’t have been happier that the dirty laundry was being aired.
It so happens that both have ties to Hillary Clinton, who was then emerging as a front-runner, with Edwards close behind.
The first is Roger Altman. He’s a New York businessman whose investment firm, Evercore Partners, poured $767 million into AMI in 1999. Until four years earlier, he had been assistant Treasury secretary under Bill Clinton. He also was an economic adviser on Hillary’s presidential campaign.
The other: Ron Burkle, a Los Angeles grocery store mogul who’s a major fund-raiser for the Clintons. Burkle’s main gig last year: Trying to buy AMI.
Said a former Enquirer honcho who keeps in touch with the current staff: “All I know is that the troops at the Enquirer were instructed not to do any anti-Hillary Clinton stories during the campaign.”
The tab’s editor, David Perel, wouldn’t comment on internal edicts and denied that the Enquirer was manipulated.
While this is (probably) silly, a more serious matter is what do the Chicoms and Ruskie intel agencies have on Zero? Probably the whole life history. Scarey to consider...
Aha...so now you stand in line in the supermarket and scan the tabloids into your smart phone?
I heard an interview of the Enquirer’s founder’s son, who said that his father’s philosophy was to expose scum, but leave people who were sincere alone.
It’s why Billy Graham, for example, was always written in a positive way, but the televangelists were raked over coals.
If you’re going to write soft news, it’s a respectable way to do it.
I never buy that trash. I get in the longest line at the grocery store and read it while I am waiting. I can’t wait for the next celebrity swim suit edition in the Enquirer.
They have some first class writers there - each of them sold their souls to the devil. It’s a one way ride - no one comes back to a real newspaper after writing for these guys. This kind of stuff is the reason...
Hillary supporters or not, the sharks are beginning to sense the blood in the water.
Until the National Enquirer picks up the stories, they don’t have the evidence. The National Enquirer’s political reporting has been spot on - the stuff the MSM won’t pursue or report until it’s already all over the internet.