During the presidential campaign, National Enquirer executives sent digital copies of the tabloid’s articles and cover images related to Donald Trump and his political opponents to Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen in advance of publication, according to three people with knowledge of the matter — an unusual practice that speaks to the close relationship between Trump and David Pecker, chief executive of American Media Inc., the Enquirer’s parent company.
Although the company strongly denies ever sharing such material before publication, these three individuals say the sharing of material continued after Trump took office.
“Since Trump’s become president and even before, [Pecker] openly just has been willing to turn the magazine and the cover over to the Trump machine,” said one of the people with knowledge of the practice.
During the campaign, “if it was a story specifically about Trump, then it was sent over to Michael, and as long as there were no objections from him, the story could be published,” this person added.
You can’t spread lies and propaganda with a house organ or two. Jared had the Observer and Trump has FOX and the Enquirer. Sleazy tabloids.
Sinclair Broadcast Group is being opposed by both the ACLU and Conservative Parents Television Council in its bid to purchase the Tribune Media Co.
Each group told the FCC that Sinclair would be a monopoly in many of the 42 markets that their newly acquired television stations currently operate in. Because Sinclair already owns stations in those markets.
The Sinclair Broadcasting Group is one of Trump’s favorite Fascist propaganda outlets.