Sunday, September 9, 2018

Catch & Kill: Could Trump's media allies hasten his downfall?



The National Enquirer was once Trump's most strident cheerleader, but now it's his latest headache. Plus, Radio Dabanga.


Catch & Kill: Could Trump's media allies hasten his downfall?

The question in Washington these days is not just: Where is the Mueller investigation into US President Donald Trump going - but who is next? His lawyer, Michael Cohen and a business associate, Allen Weisselberg agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for immunity.
Now, Trump's long-time friend, and a key media player David Pecker has done the same. Pecker is at the helm of American Media Inc which owns the tabloid 'National Enquirer' - part of the Trump story, mostly because of the stories it doesn't publish, a practice known as "catch and kill". If someone had a potentially damaging story about Donald Trump for sale - the Enquirer would buy it and bury it - so that bad news would never see the light of day.

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