Thread by @JuddLegum

1. The National Enquirer admitted to participating in an illegal scheme to pay off women to help Trump get elected.

Then it threatened to publish Jeff Bezos' dick pics.

WTF is the National Enquirer still doing in checkout aisles across the country?

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2. It's not a magazine. It's, at best, a gonzo political operation. It may be a criminal enterprise.

The National Enquirer exists because chains promote it. 75% of sales come from major chains.

@Walmart alone accounts for 23% of sales. @kroger is 10%

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3. Along with @Walmart and @kroger, other top retailers of the National Enquirer:

@GiantFood
@FoodLion
@Albertsons
@Safeway
@BNBuzz (Barnes and Noble)
@CVSHealth
@Hudson_News
@Publix
@Walgreens

These companies are enabling the National Enquirer.

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4. Bezos situation is not an aberration. @RonanFarrow says he was threatened while reporting on a hush money payment to a man who said he had damaging info on Trump.

Now that big chains know how AMI operates, can they ethically be in business with them?

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5. The National Enquirer's parent company, AMI, also placed a 96 page glossy tribute to Saudi Arabia on the shelves of these same stores.

It's a mess.

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