In perfect tabloid fashion one can expect this time in a contentious election cycle (remember Herman Cain), supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer decided to fabricate a sex scandal about Ted Cruz that could be the plot for a sequel to Eyes Wide Shut if it weren't so unbelievable. In most cases, political scandals like this (they were also behind the Sarah Palin affair/Trig rumors) are only taken seriously by fringe blogs or grandmothers who believe everything 'the papers' tell us. This rumor, fueled by an army of Trump supporters on Twitter, however, is shooting to the top of trending topics.
...but they are missing one thing.
The National Inquirer loves Trump, as much as they loved Obama in 2008 when they went after Palin. This is more than just a passing affection for a liberal who can give them years of trashy headlines. In this case, it is personal. Donald Trump and National Inquirer CEO David Pecker have been close friends for years. As noted in New York Magazine.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/trumps-alliance-with-the-national-enquirer.html Trump and Enquirer CEO David Pecker have been friends for years. “They’re very close,” said a source close to the Enquirer. In July 2013, Trump even tweeted that Pecker should become CEO of Time magazine, which at the time was being spun off from its corporate parent, Time Warner. “He’d make it exciting and win awards!”
This isn't the first time that the National Inquirer attempted to help Trump. In October, the Inquirer went after Trump's then main opponent, Ben Carson:
...the Enquirer published a cover story on Carson headlined “Bungling Surgeon Ben Carson Left Sponge in Patient’s Brain!” The article called Carson a “White House wannabe” and claimed he “brandished a scalpel like a meat cleaver!” It went on to quote angry former patients saying he botched surgeries that left them disfigured and in pain; one patient who sued Carson said he forgot to remove a surgical sponge from her brain after a procedure. “His presidential campaign should be dead on arrival!” Enquirer reporter Sharon Churcher wrote.
The Inquirer even placed the source of the Carson attack directly at the Trump Campaign.
This person also said that Trump’s campaign was a source for the article: “His campaign provided information that was used,” he explained. A Trump friend said that in the days leading up to the article’s publication Trump was telling people that Carson “had a lot of medical malpractice suits” and “almost killed a guy.”
But before you think this is just the National Inquirer looking for tabloid trash to boost ratings, consider that just a few weeks ago, they took valuable space in their magazine to write a glowing, groveling endorsement of Trump. The National Enquirer Declares, Trump Must Be President the article started.
You can read the whole endorsement here:
https://www.datalounge.com/thread/16599573-the-national-enquirer-donald-trump-must-be-president-And just a few weeks before:
As this story is spread, we know there will be more coming- but not about the Cruz affair. What did Trump's camp know, when did they know it, and who is Corey Lewandowski?
Stay tuned..
