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leftyladyfrommo

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46. The Globe runs headlines like that all the time.

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:34 PM

Aug 2014

They do it to the Clintons, the Obamas and Ellen DeGeneres.

And if you actually read the article it is all just smoke and mirrors. They just repeat year's old stuff over and over and over. But millions of people see those headlines every time they go to the grocery or drugstores.

It's horrible but it is a very effective political tool.

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We loathed Dubya but never ever did I stand in the checkout line & see anything like this: [View all] jillan Aug 2014 OP

I agree.. this is way over the top DontTreadOnMe Aug 2014 #1

Thank you - there is actual comfort knowing I am not the only one to feel that way. jillan Aug 2014 #2

How credible is The Globe? Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #3

It is trash - it is the National Enquirer. While they do publish insanity - this crosses the line.. jillan Aug 2014 #4

Oh, probably Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #12

It is NOT the National Enquirer--that rag actually gets a lot of gossip right! MADem Aug 2014 #25

good info ! nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #29

Well, not really--it's not the National Enquirer by any means. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #54

sometimes those tabloids get it right, a la John Edwards steve2470 Aug 2014 #5

Thanks Prophet 451 Aug 2014 #13

You mean Batboy isn't real and he didn't join the army after 9/11 rpannier Aug 2014 #18

yea they got that one wrong :) nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #20

In all seriousness rpannier Aug 2014 #21

I hate to say this but.... steve2470 Aug 2014 #24

Link? Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #55

Golly gee, I'll have to comb Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo for days for that one ! steve2470 Aug 2014 #56

Batboy was in the Special Forces - it's in his biography csziggy Aug 2014 #65

Nothing in a US supermarket checkout line customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #42

Actually, I just bought a very interesting magazine 'special edition' on canning recipes Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #52

Fuck 'em. That is such huge bullshit. My God. Drunken Irishman Aug 2014 #6

Efforts to discredit Obama KT2000 Aug 2014 #7

Bingo. Elections. merrily Aug 2014 #10

wtf... undergroundpanther Aug 2014 #8

I saw some awful things about Dimson on message board while he was in office. merrily Aug 2014 #9

How can we get back to some format of standards for truth in the news media newthinking Aug 2014 #11

This crosses the line, imho - talk about his golfing when this was happening but accusing him of jillan Aug 2014 #14

it's par for the course Niceguy1 Aug 2014 #35

Can you name a bush smear that was false? mdbl Aug 2014 #64

truthfully Niceguy1 Aug 2014 #73

Well the truth aint in the middle. mdbl Aug 2014 #74

This makes me so sad. I am just sick with sadness and shame. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #15

Recently one of the tabloids claimed Michelle was furious and moved out of the White House.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #16

Not to mention how sick it is that we are socialized to want to hear those kind of stories. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2014 #69

The chain mail with the angels get me.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #75

what was 9/11 then? and since georgee's way escalated all this, this also is georgee's. pansypoo53219 Aug 2014 #17

WTF is the Globe? rpannier Aug 2014 #19

Tabloid trash, but the bottom-feeders lap it up. LAGC Aug 2014 #34

Did you complain to the store manager? vlyons Aug 2014 #22

Exactly why would they do that? former9thward Aug 2014 #58

Any store that carries this trash should be boycotted. Faryn Balyncd Aug 2014 #23

That's probably every single grocery store chain in America. They always have these trash mags. jillan Aug 2014 #26

The trash business is now being run by fascist propagandists.... Faryn Balyncd Aug 2014 #27

These and the National Inquirer are the same kind of scum. I saw their headlines one day: freshwest Aug 2014 #28

Look at this shit headline I just saw on Yahoo.com: deutsey Aug 2014 #30

Why is there so much silence on our side? There was so much backlash from the right jillan Aug 2014 #43

It has grown throughout the country....this hatred (read racism) of President Obama bobGandolf Aug 2014 #31

Was it the Globe that reported The Wizard Aug 2014 #32

if I see this in a store handmade34 Aug 2014 #33

fuck this media toilet paper spanone Aug 2014 #36

question to cashier.. "you're selling toilet paper by the register now?" :( Cha Aug 2014 #48

Why I don't Buy fredamae Aug 2014 #37

My comment to the cashier: What kind of idiot buys that garbage? L0oniX Aug 2014 #38

people addicted to gossipy type "news" steve2470 Aug 2014 #45

I buy them. Not the Globe. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2014 #47

So what? It's a tabloid rag, I don't expect anything better out of them. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #39

We have slowly been sinking into the shit for several decades now rock Aug 2014 #40

And if the rescue mission had succeeded ThoughtCriminal Aug 2014 #41

You know it! Just look at Bergdahl. jillan Aug 2014 #44

The Globe runs headlines like that all the time. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2014 #46

just came from a Publix handmade34 Aug 2014 #49

good ! nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #60

What happened to "we don't negotiate with terrorists"? daredtowork Aug 2014 #50

Right. elleng Aug 2014 #51

Me too voteearlyvoteoften Aug 2014 #53

How can you tell a staunch Republican? DFW Aug 2014 #57

I agree with you on that karynnj Aug 2014 #59

For about 5-6 years, my neighbor would buy the "psychic prediction" issues of supermarket tabloids. Archae Aug 2014 #61

jillan Tiger58 Aug 2014 #62

There is nothing worse than hate. proReality Aug 2014 #63

This just illustrates the massive propaganda advantage enjoyed by the Righties®. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #66

relax, this does more to discredit such statements than support them 0rganism Aug 2014 #67

Perhaps you missed this one... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #68

I saw that one steve2470 Aug 2014 #70

But that is not the same. I don't mind the ridiculous headlines about personal bullshit even when jillan Aug 2014 #72

I noticed the magazine today also, in the checkout area. No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #71

You must have missed them then. B2G Aug 2014 #76