The Notorious “catch and kill" campaign: Turning the National Enquirer into an arm of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign

[konradv]

Thanks

Not illegal. Not campaign contributions.

Just sleazy!

 

[konradv]

Was it the memes that beat Hillary?

Whatever Trump paid the Russian botfarms to do.

 

[konradv]

Democrats cannot handle being REJECTED by the American people. The prissy stuck up assholes dream of eliminating elections and ruling with an iron fist. Their extreme intolerance and desire to wipe out opposing views. Hence their admiration of totalitarian regimes.

There was a piece this week that spoke to illegals backing away from Democrats because Democrats are doing the same things their corrupt leaders do in the countries they fled.

 

[Chillicothe]

How many years did she wait to bring it to light????

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I dunno for sure, but it was a relatively long time as such things go.
And then.....
....and then, the State of New York, through their Republican dominated legislature passed a bill(s) to close loopholes in the sexual-assault laws that was perceived to allow too many perps to avoid prosecution.

And, it appears, someone somehow alerted E.Jean Carroll that the law would now allow a civil action against an individual who had perpetrated a sexual assault.

And then the ball began to roll downhill towards the alleged perp.

The rest is history.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Whatever Trump paid the Russian botfarms to do.

Like Hillary's campaign paying for Russian disinformation.

 

[surada]

Like Hillary's campaign paying for Russian disinformation.

Steele is British, not Russian. The person that ordered the dossier was Paul Singer.

 

[konradv]

Like Hillary's campaign paying for Russian disinformation.

Turns out it was the truth, but Trump got away with it in ‘16.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

That means all the MSM outlets that didn't run stories on Hunter's cracktop
computer made campaign donations.

Oh no!

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Like Hillary's campaign paying for Russian disinformation.

Except for her being way smarter and legal about it.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Steele is British, not Russian.

His sources were Russian intelligence. DURR

The person that ordered the dossier was Paul Singer.

Hillary paid for the Steele dossier.

 

[Dante]

Yes! Russia bought a few grand worth of adds on YouTube and turned the entire election around!

You deny they targeted particular states and groups of people on social media?

Wow! You're really deeply brainwashed if you can convince yourself that what is there is not there.

"At this point, it’s old news that Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election. Not long after the election, the Obama administration imposed sanctions on Russia, including the expulsion of Russian intelligence operatives. Then-FBI Director James B. Comey confirmed there was an open investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election six months later. And Russian operatives were indicted in 2018. This year, the report by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III put it all in print: Russia used email leaks, propaganda and social media to stoke societal divisions and undermine the integrity of the election process in the United States."

• Dec. 17, 2018

The Russian influence campaign on social media in the 2016 election made an extraordinary effort to target African-Americans, used an array of tactics to try to suppress turnout among Democratic voters and unleashed a blizzard of activity on Instagram that rivaled or exceeded its posts on Facebook, according to a report produced for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The report adds new details to the portrait that has emerged over the last two years of the energy and imagination of the Russian effort to sway American opinion and divide the country, which the authors said continues to this day.

 

[Dante]

I know, those Russian memes were awful!

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume2.pdf

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., (left) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., released a new report on how Russians used social media targeting to meddle with the 2016 election.

Senate Report: Russians Used Social Media Mostly To Target Race In 2016

The Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections focused on African American audiences, according to a new bipartisan report.

web.archive.org

 

[Dante]

His sources were Russian intelligence. DURR



Hillary paid for the Steele dossier.

Russian? So were the foreigners interfering for Trump.

Senate Report: Russians Used Social Media Mostly To Target Race In 2016

The Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections focused on African American audiences, according to a new bipartisan report.

web.archive.org

 

[Dante]

Actually it is about somebody named Lachlin Cartwright's opinion. As an editor of a freaking supermarket tabloid he ain't exactly a book critic.

Trump's pal owned the rag. "Pecker!" Can't make this shit up.

The short-fingered Vulgarian and Mr. Pecker.

Ex-National Enquirer Publisher Testifies Before Trump Hush-Money Grand Jury​

David Pecker has been hiding Trump’s dirty laundry for years, and investigators want to know what he’s got.

The “catch and kill” scheme...

In 2021, American Media Inc. settled a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that they unlawfully aided Trump in 2016. The FEC found that Pecker and AMI had violated federal election laws by making a payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal in order to purchase and bury a story about her alleged 2006 affair with Trump. Pecker entered a non-prosecution agreement in which he admitted that the payment had been made in order to help Trump’s campaign.

Ex-National Enquirer Publisher Testifies Before Trump Hush-Money Grand Jury

Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker was spotted exiting the Manhattan courthouse on Monday afternoon.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

You deny they targeted particular states and groups of people on social media?

Wow! You're really deeply brainwashed if you can convince yourself that what is there is not there.

"At this point, it’s old news that Russia tried to influence the 2016 presidential election. Not long after the election, the Obama administration imposed sanctions on Russia, including the expulsion of Russian intelligence operatives. Then-FBI Director James B. Comey confirmed there was an open investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election six months later. And Russian operatives were indicted in 2018. This year, the report by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III put it all in print: Russia used email leaks, propaganda and social media to stoke societal divisions and undermine the integrity of the election process in the United States."

• Dec. 17, 2018

The Russian influence campaign on social media in the 2016 election made an extraordinary effort to target African-Americans, used an array of tactics to try to suppress turnout among Democratic voters and unleashed a blizzard of activity on Instagram that rivaled or exceeded its posts on Facebook, according to a report produced for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The report adds new details to the portrait that has emerged over the last two years of the energy and imagination of the Russian effort to sway American opinion and divide the country, which the authors said continues to this day.

You deny they targeted particular states and groups of people on social media?

Did Russian memes on Facebook get you to vote for Trump?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Russian? So were the foreigners interfering for Trump.

Senate Report: Russians Used Social Media Mostly To Target Race In 2016

The Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections focused on African American audiences, according to a new bipartisan report.

web.archive.org

Yes, Putin operatives gave Steele anti-Trump info.

 

[Dante]

How many years did she wait to bring it to light????

How many years did the victims of Weinstein's crimes wait?

How many years did the victims of Trump's friend Jeffrey wait?

Are you defending those two men too? Your so-called principles are on deck here.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

alleging that they unlawfully aided Trump in 2016.

Any media story published, or unpublished, that helped Biden is a violation of federal election laws?

 

[Dante]

You deny they targeted particular states and groups of people on social media?

Did Russian memes on Facebook get you to vote for Trump?

Did they target me? I don't think so. But Mr. Trump's former lackey (who had an awakening), Burr, says they targeted people and helped Trump.

Senate Probe Gets ‘Clearer Picture’ of Possible Trump, Russia Collusion

Sen. Richard Burr said his committee’s investigation has “expanded slightly.”

foreignpolicy.com

 

[sartre play]

Actually, poster Procrustes has got a valid subject with legs. A good and interesting one....even if a bit salacious.​

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I say that as the phenomena of "Catch & Kill" ain't new ground. It has been covered before*, most widely by the journalist Colin Farrow in his book:

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators​

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protec…

In 2017, a routine network television investigation led…

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So, in my opinion, it is a real deal. The Enquirer acted like a defensive front-line for bad actors who raped women, accosted women, blackmailed women.

Whenever those women had a bad expereince with a bad character with money and a story to tell about that bad actor. The bad actor, like a Don Trump or a Harvey Weinstein.....would contact the sleazeball running the Enquirer and a team of so-called "journalist" would get an interview from the woman.

And then use that interview NOT....to tell her story.....but to provide ammunition for the bad actor and his bad faith lawyers. And trash the woman's reputation with colleagues, friends, career.....even her family.

I listened to a lecture by Farrow shortly after the book came out. I believed the book and I believed his background details.
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The same phenomena was excellently covered by the authors Kantor & Twohey, in their book "She Said"
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"She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement"​

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Hel…

For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth…

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Here are links to reviews of this important book:

• McNamara, Mary (September 12, 2019). "'She Said' is more important than 'All the President's Men.' There, I said it". Los Angeles Times.
• Liquori, Donna (September 17, 2019). "Old-fashioned reporting most compelling aspect of 'She Said'". AP NEWS.
• Horton, Adrian (September 11, 2019). "She Said: an inside look at the story that brought down Harvey Weinstein". The Guardian.
• Lewis, Helen (September 18, 2019). "'She Said' by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey review – the inside story of Weinstein and #MeToo". the Guardian.
• Tett, Gillian (September 12, 2019). "She Said — a moving account of how the Weinstein story broke". Financial Times. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022.
• Garber, Megan (September 9, 2019). "The Plan to Make Harvey Weinstein a Hero". The Atlantic.
• "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey". publishersweekly.com. September 2019.
• Kati, Rebekah (November 8, 2019). "Reviewed: She Said". Library Journal.
• Klein, Julia M. (September 11, 2019). "How They Brought Down Harvey Weinstein". The Forward.
• Farris, Mike (October 1, 2019). "book review : She Said". New York Journal of Books.
• Kamine, Mark (January 3, 2020). "Publish and be damning". The Times Literary Supplement. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022.
• Kelley, Kitty (October 31, 2019). "She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement". Washington Independent Review of Books.
• Kornbluth, Jesse (October 25, 2019). "Review: She Said". bookreporter. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.

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Also remember Trump was personal friend of the guy that ran that rag.