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@RexHuppke
Pause a moment and consider the way Jeff Bezos was being threatened. Now envision what Trumps pal at the National Enquirer has on Ted Cruz, and ask yourself why Cruz went from hating Trump to loving him. Now do the same thing for Lindsey Graham. And all those Evangelicals. 😈
Cha
(297,305 posts)earlier today.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Hoping for the complete downfall of the Enquirer and Pecker for extortion and blackmail. This is drumpf's seedy world and ass kissing buddy.
watoos
(7,142 posts)The Enquirer was hurting for money and then they come up with the money to buy out one of their competitors.
I hope these bastards see justice.
Glad I'm not rich or famous!
malaise
(269,054 posts)We have a winner.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)How many more have they put under the gun. McConnell and Ryan are two to ask.
Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)that this is their business plan. And that they're blackmailing everybody.
There are many things about Bezos that I am NOT a fan of. (I live in NYC amid the debate about Amazon coming here, and I have many feelings!) I don't always love his business practices, his personal actions, etc.
But here? I support him 100%! What a baller move.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Not a fan of Bezos, but I have to support him on this issue. The Enquirer needs to spend a whole lot of days answering lots of questions before the appropriate officials.
Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)and their support of DJT led to their downfall, I would be thrilled!
onetexan
(13,043 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It wouldnt be bad at all!
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)Pandora's Box I mean safe that Pecker has tucked away? Is that where all orangeanus' kompromat on the repubs is stashed?
This will get ugly in a hurry.
allgood33
(1,584 posts)The stories they cover and folks they go after are also Putin's enemies. Mueller should be looking for a link.
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Amazon chief alleges tabloid threatened to publish nude images of him
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/07/jeff-bezos-national-enquirer-blogpost-blackmail-claim
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Bezos wrote in a Medium blogpost that he employed the private security consultant Gavin de Becker to determine the motives for the many unusual actions taken by the Enquirer, which is published by American Media Inc (AMI).
Bezos said an AMI leader subsequently told him that David Pecker, the chief executive of AMI, was apoplectic about the private investigation.
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In the blogpost, titled No thank you, Mr Pecker, Bezos accused AMI of telling him they had more of my text messages and photos that they would publish if we didnt stop our investigation.
Bezos said his ownership of the Washington Post was a complexifier because it had made him the enemy of people including Donald Trump, who has frequently targeted him. Pecker is a longtime confidant of the president.
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According to Bezos, AMIs chief content officer, Dylan Howard, emailed threats to Bezoss lawyer, Martin Singer, allegedly writing: In the interests of expediating [sic] this situation, and with The Washington Post poised to publish unsubstantiated rumors of The National Enquirers initial report, I wanted to describe to you the photos obtained during our newsgathering.
The email, which Bezos published in full, but with personal information redacted, said the Enquirer had obtained a below the belt selfie otherwise colloquially known as a d*ck pick as well as nine other images.
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Bezos wrote on Thursday: Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, Ive decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten. Any personal embarrassment AMI could cause me takes a back seat because theres a much more important matter involved here. If in my position I cant stand up to this kind of extortion, how many people can?
I hope Bezos puts AMI in the trash bin, where all their papers belong. Never dreamed someone would finally stand up to one of these tabloids. It's now time someone did the same to one of Murdoch's rags, but more powerful than the phone hacking scam.......
Squinch
(50,955 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)And. And. And.
It's like The Enquirer is the US kompromat arm of the Kremlin.
Funtatlaguy
(10,878 posts)TrishaJ
(798 posts)material came from Russian hackers....
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Or is it more irresponsible not to speculate?
This kerfuffle seems to have discombobulated a LOT of people, and it's not even 24 hours old.
RockRaven
(14,972 posts)because it sure sounds like they've tried to blackmail everyone they've ever come into contact with.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)going on here.
still_one
(92,219 posts)a libel suit against them:
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/27/us/carol-burnett-given-1.6-million-in-suit-against-national-enquirer.html
I hope their involvement in the 2016 election finally puts that piece of garbage out of business
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_v._National_Enquirer,_Inc.