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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe "Catch & Kill" method of covering up Trump's misdeeds
Of course this must be fake news. A.M.I., the publisher of the National Inquirer could kill the story, use the story for leverage over the subjects or otherwise pressure (or silence) people involved once they got the rights. Seems they were all in on protecting Trump. It could just as easily be a means of influencing him as well. At first glance this is just lurid tabloid stuff, but it may be a bit more than that.
Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity
On November 4, 2016, four days before the election, the Wall Street Journal reported that American Media, Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, had paid a hundred and fifty thousand dollars for exclusive rights to McDougals story, which it never ran. Purchasing a story in order to bury it is a practice that many in the tabloid industry call catch and kill. This is a favorite tactic of the C.E.O. and chairman of A.M.I., David Pecker, who describes the President as a personal friend. As part of the agreement, A.M.I. consented to publish a regular aging-and-fitness column by McDougal. After Trump won the Presidency, however, A.M.I.s promises largely went unfulfilled, according to McDougal. Last month, the Journal reported that Trumps personal lawyer had negotiated a separate agreement just before the election with an adult-film actress named Stephanie Clifford, whose screen name is Stormy Daniels, which barred her from discussing her own affair with Trump. Since then, A.M.I. has repeatedly approached McDougal about extending her contract.
McDougal, in her first on-the-record comments about A.M.I.s handling of her story, declined to discuss the details of her relationship with Trump, for fear of violating the agreement she reached with the company. She did say, however, that she regretted signing the contract. It took my rights away, McDougal told me. At this point I feel I cant talk about anything without getting into trouble, because I dont know what Im allowed to talk about. Im afraid to even mention his name.
A White House spokesperson said in a statement that Trump denies having had an affair with McDougal: This is an old story that is just more fake news. The President says he never had a relationship with McDougal. A.M.I. said that an amendment to McDougals contractsigned after Trump won the electionallowed her to respond to legitimate press inquiries regarding the affair. The company said that it did not print the story because it did not find it credible.
Six former A.M.I. employees told me that Pecker routinely makes catch-and-kill arrangements like the one reached with McDougal. We had stories and we bought them knowing full well they were never going to run, Jerry George, a former A.M.I. senior editor who worked at the company for more than twenty-five years, told me. George said that Pecker protected Trump. Pecker really considered him a friend, George told me. We never printed a word about Trump without his approval. Maxine Page, who worked at A.M.I. on and off from 2002 to 2012, including as an executive editor at one of the companys Web sites, said that Pecker also used the unpublished stories as leverage over some celebrities in order to pressure them to pose for his magazines or feed him stories. Several former employees said that these celebrities included Arnold Schwarzenegger, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, and Tiger Woods. (Schwarzenegger, through an attorney, denied this claim. Woods did not respond to requests for comment.) Even though theyre just tabloids, just rags, its still a cause of concern, Page said. In theory, you would think that Trump has all the power in that relationship, but in fact Pecker has the powerhe has the power to run these stories. He knows where the bodies are buried.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/donald-trump-a-playboy-model-and-a-system-for-concealing-infidelity-national-enquirer-karen-mcdougal
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The "Catch & Kill" method of covering up Trump's misdeeds (Original Post)
Dread Pirate Roberts
Feb 2018
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. "I did not have sex or force sex with that woman", denial number 21.