National Enquirer, mouthpiece

[struggle4progress]

By Joel Gunter
BBC News, Washington DC
9 hours ago

... Mr Trump is a good friend to the Enquirer and vice versa. He has penned self-aggrandising first-person pieces for the magazine and can reportedly be relied on to deliver a small sales boost when he's on the cover.

He is also quite literally a friend to the magazine's owner, David Pecker, chief executive of publisher American Media Incorporated. The two have been close for decades. During the campaign, Mr Trump was the beneficiary of the magazine's first presidential endorsement in its 90-year history.

Here are some recent Enquirer cover stories on the president: "How Trump will win!"; "Trump takes charge!"; and "Trump must build the wall!".

An issue from the February before the election threatened to expose skeletons in the closets of the various presidential candidates. The Trump bombshell? "Donald Trump has also been hiding a secret - he has greater support and popularity than even he's admitted to!" ...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40371582

[Bluepinky]

1. Another reason to not buy the Enquirer.

They get a sales boost when the orange man is on the front page.

[murielm99]

2. I have never bought that thing!

[Scarsdale]

3. Very appropriate

that the owner is named Pecker.

[Bluepinky]

4. I thought the same thing!