‘Catch and kill’ dissected, jury exposed to how National Enquirer worked to help Trump campaign

David Folkenflik, NPR Media Correspondent, and Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with an in-depth look at the work the National Enquirer did during the 2016 Presidential campaign to kill stories that harmed Donald Trump and sow fake news about Donald Trump's political opponents like Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz.
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[@joerogain5025]

The National Enquirer is a rag mag to put it diplomatically and nicely.

[@rude1527]

Dems think there real like MIB

[@harold9394]

Trump walking around screaming fake news while he was creating it.

[@georgelayton6641]

Yeah, but is this story coming out in it soon?

[@ianb9028]

The president that followed Obama wanted them to receive a Pulitzer for their journalism.

[@JerseyFerdinand]

Right next to bat boy on the checkout lane

[@edbudzynski729]

I used to wait in a barbershop and he had Enquirer magazines on the table. I couldn’t believe people actually bother reading that crap.

[@josephjones825]

And yet you believe MSCCP's Chinese Marxist BS. 😂

[@supersquirrel7546]

America has always been obsessed with cheap sensational journalism. If you can still call it journalism today.

[@euniceransfer7873]

Agree

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

@@supersquirrel7546 Not only America the Britt's seem quite fond of their royal family news which is useless. Everyone loves to read and hear about famous people's dirty laundry.

[@CarolEdmonds-pk7hr]

The Nation Enquirer is good for nothing more than lining bird cages and cats’ litter boxes !!

[@Kayweg]

They were not just "picking" stories. They were inventing them Tell it right.

[@allenaslin812]

We remember how the 'National Enquirer' was always there at the checkout counter. Knowing that the headlines were BS. We also realized there were others that would believe it whole heartedly.

[@harold9394]

Trump supporters.

[@patriciadieterich478]

I have been known to occasionally buy a copy. I never believed many of the stories! I remember an article about aliens from outer space. Do people really believe those stories?

[@tonjirucker999]

And it's only Tuesday.

[@WanderingFool42]

"If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class." ...after multiple gag order violations, a fine isn't the appropriate response. Jail-time is. If it were any other American, it would already have happened.

[@DissaffectedLiberal]

If the legal system was in working order, there would be no need for lawyers. The lower class cannot afford decent legal representation.

[@Thesoutherndandee]

Throwing him jail would only help him at this points. He wants to play the victim card. I don’t know what the solution is, but jail won’t help

[@brandon3525]

so, change the rules until you feel better?

[@alan8887]

There is a problem with jail. The secret service carries guns. Jail and guns don't mix very well. Something must be worked out.

[@winstonsmith6607]

If Biden is tooDemented to be charged with a crime then he should be tooDemented to be allowed to run for office

[@leannet3854]

Hilary smiles today. Everybody deserves the truth about Trump.

[@drumtwo4seven]

THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THIS IS ONLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

[@jakebaba2149]

THE TRUTH ALWAYS PREVAILS OVER LIES.

[@yvonneplant9434]

In a recent interview she showed no bitterness about losing in 2016. She's a remarkable person. She would have been a pretty good potus. Covid would have been handled more competently, imo.

[@samearnest]

FHRC

[@patriciadieterich478]

She should have won the election!

[@Scorpio1060-]

The Enquirer, a great source of accurate and credible news for all cult members.

[@patriciavaughan1390]

And it continues with fox.

[@andyreidsmustache9247]

It's every right wing media person all the way down to low level influencers.

[@joecancer6013]

Fox is far right. MSNBC is Far left

[@MorbidMind123]

@@andyreidsmustache9247 And every left wing apparatus supports Biden, welcome to politics its almost like its been this way forever

[@niclewis9610]

The National Embarrassment sums up Trump.

[@krankynstyns_lair]

So is your Mom....TRUMP 2024!

[@IllicitMediaproductions]

@@krankynstyns_lairhe lost the other two times he’ll lose again

[@krankynstyns_lair]

@@IllicitMediaproductions Only if Dems CHEAT AGAIN....

[@michaelirwin1887]

I grew up seeing the National Enquirer at the supermarket checkout and occasionally found a copy in the laundromat or barber shop and always found it to be akin to my comic books. This is not surprising to now see it as a tool for Trump to build his constituency.

[@davidrhinehart7764]

You people are the ones who are giving it credibility.

[@harold9394]

@@davidrhinehart7764it’s you hicks who believe all the nonsense.

[@victorsingery2811]

So not putting himself into the UFO paper builds his constituency? Did your monkey type this?

[@jbfane]

I support Trump and I have never read a National Enquirer as it is the rankest of all the rag sheets. Only good to line a hamster cage. I think it panders more to Democrats and lefties than it does to real thinking voters. I mean, you believe the BS their spewing so my point is made.

[@lindaharrell3916]

michaelirwin1887. 😂😂😂…For years I referred to the National Enquirer as the comic book for adults…

[@jujubees711]

You are who you keep company with. As president of the United States, Trump made time to spend with the publisher of the National Enquirer. Let that sink in,,,

[@jbfane]

Did he though?

[@hariseldon2450]

The Trump swamp is the worst in US history.

[@barbhopper4674]

I didn't realize that people actually bought and believed this garbage. For years I just thought of it as fake news.

[@supersquirrel7546]

It's been around for decades. It's always a mixture of fake news with distorted sensationalism. I still remember UFO stories always headlining this magazine in the 80s and 90s.

[@harold9394]

We have a lot of stupid people in this country. Obviously.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

@@supersquirrel7546 hard to believe there's people who buy this garbage paper.

[@cocacola4blood365]

@@supersquirrel7546 Ditto.

[@robertroy1878]

And you were correct. It is and always has been garbage.

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Hillary Clinton was wrongfully hated on the internet by a bunch of trolls.

[@supersquirrel7546]

Trump's strategy worked with the help of Russia.

[@Gazlene420]

​@@supersquirrel7546 Correction: Russias strategy worked with the help of Trump.

[@RobinDale50]

wrongfully? you're joking, right?

[@CollinJasnoch]

Anyone else thinking about how Trump has effectively turned Fox News into last decades National Enquirer?

[@user-dh4fw7be2m]

Totally agree FOX is the propaganda tool for TRAITOR TRUMP, I. Comment on their site daily. - corrupt organisation needs to be investigated 💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@TimChaney-lr8qu]

No BSnbc

[@richyp64]

I'm absolutely terrified about the possibility of a bloodbath if he is not convicted. The only way out of this is to vote blue no matter who. 💙💙

[@TryAgainBudLOL]

🤣

[@josephjones825]

😂 NO

[@SkyGemini-od4sb]

There will be no "bloodbath". Stop sounding like Henny Penny, the sky is not falling.

[@TransexualChrist-]

Are you going to play guitar with your boyfriends, Lee (easter_sunday), and sing a song about it.... ..?

[@harold9394]

Trump lost.

[@alex35agm]

Melania must have her divorce lawyer on speed dial by now.

[@susancaldwell624]

No wonder she never shows her face in public , but she's been with him for over 20 years,she is complicit to all this,,she l9ves being married to a billionaire

[@AM-ni3sz]

Each time something like this occurs, she puts her hand out and asks for a pay rise.

[@susancaldwell624]

@@AM-ni3sz she's actually selling her jewelry on line ,,she launched it the day the trial started

[@donaldwuerlmke]

This is NOT the way that any media outfit should operate. We all know that the Inquirer is still complete garbage.

[@aerialarboreal9005]

And Comer thinks Biden is guilty of infulence peddling??? Give me an effing break!!!

[@yelleryoung5870]

He does not think that it's his assignment from tRump to just bad mouth Biden.

[@automaticgainsaying]

BTW, why hasn't Comer started impeachment proceedings against Kamala Harris? By NOT doing so, Comer is implying that she is AOK!

[@loscoolarrows5903]

Its worse than that. He knows there is nothing there but is following marching orders

[@sheriprysock1505]

Every accusation from The cult is a confession!!!

[@Therealtruthsocial]

I'm sure Trump has the same arrangement with Fox.

[@Teejsfolly1929]

My question is: Who else are these people catching and killing stories for?

[@SkyGemini-od4sb]

That's for them to know and you to find out.

[@powertools2375]

Whoever can pay them

[@joerogain5025]

Which is worst, The National Enquirer or Fox 🦊Entertainment Faux News?

[@jackrice2770]

Rupert Murdoch started as a tabloid publisher with papers in Australia and Britain that are much the same as the Enquirer. They make money, so...

[@SkyGemini-od4sb]

They are the same, both tabloids with no concern about reporting truth of any kind.

[@deniseandrews113]

They are equal in their vulgarity. Both are textbook examples of yellow journalism

[@jhje1139]

Well at least, The National Enquirer exposes "Aliens" , (no, not the ones from "Mexico", the other kind, the ones from space!!)

[@euniceransfer7873]

Both

[@joeynanez9897]

News max and fox are doing that😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@wadedavid4375]

A Trashy Tabloid, working for a Trashy Traitor! Who’d have THUNK!🤔

[@judithmccrea2601]

But, really, don’t we all know what a yellow rag it is? I bought one once because it had a “photograph of Pocahontas”. It was actually a photo of a Pomo man in a tule canoe taken about 1916. I mean, really, dude. It’s a fn joke!

[@ofaz6300]

American Media, Marketing, Propaganda and the 1st amendment have created a monster of politics of chaos. It’s insane how Trump has ruled politics since he came down the escalators

[@automaticgainsaying]

Was/is FOX doing the same deal for ftrump as the National Enquirer?

[@markstevens1729]

It must be said: ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!

[@youtubecrack]

And I imagine the type of people that consume publications like the enquirer Don't have college degrees and don't like their kids going to college. You know education and all.

[@supersquirrel7546]

It's OK. You can say MAGA & QAnutters now. We know these folks hate science and anything academically factual.

[@susancaldwell624]

Trumps poorly educated

[@youtubecrack]

@@susancaldwell624 And in the private schools he was in. Evidently nobody liked him 😆

[@colonelleblanc2594]

I also imagine the type of people that consume MSNBC News do not have the wherewithal or critical thinking skills to see the irony in complaining about biases and/or agenda of a particular news outlet, while they accept spoon fed narratives from media outlets which serve as the arm of the opposing political party to the that of which was originally being complained about.

[@Tammy_4]

I hope Hillary is paying attention. Cha Ching 🤣👏

[@franckoliver1899]

Trump is all about PROJECTION. Now we know where the FAKE NEWS were really coming from 😂😂😂

[@harold9394]

Yep. Him and the Putin bots.

[@PTVforever3221]

You see how far apart the lawyers are sitting from Trump, I wonder why?🤔😁

[@bobsyouruncle3075]

I see Hillary grinning ear to ear for the next week.

[@susancaldwell624]

The truth always comes out,,,karma baby

[@andrewstevenson118]

For some reason Lincoln's quote after Cold Harbor came to mind: "my God, my God, what will the people say?"

[@stephenrutherford1143]

Murdock has been doing this his whole life, but is media bias illegal?

[@brandon3525]

does anyone here believe the national inquirer?

[@euniceransfer7873]

No

[@harold9394]

Most Trump supporters do.

[@euniceransfer7873]

Uneducated folks

[@cocacola4blood365]

No one who counts.

[@joancooney7724]

Nope

[@robertpryde6453]

Wow, please keep going. File under Deconstructing “Delay, Delay, Delay”.

[@mariag8458]

So this is opening a whole new can of worms! This is basically admitting to election interference!

[@touchstar68]

Great to hear an Aussie on MSNBC, I won't need to put on the subtitles. 😂

[@eric2500]

I always thought everyone read it to LAUGH!

[@violamateo-on8pc]

It's high comedy for anyone who has more than two functioning neurons. And it's journalism for Magadonians.

[@Eljaro8323]

No wonder the justice is blind, and crooked ??🧐

[@exeterline1930]

It's now confirmed the extent that the public has been manipulated to vote against our own interests. What else is being done to us? I thoroughly resent it and want something punitive done to the Inquirer and its employees. I'm naive that this happens, but when confirmed like this, especially to this extent, it must be addressed. I don't think it's funny.

[@user-vj9kp8sn4y]

Like P,T say A sucker is Born Every Minute my opinion

[@thedemocrat73]

Sounds like FOX NEWS

[@SoCalSurfer69]

Why I never watch MSNBC. This something that all high profile people do. Nothing new.

[@user-uj9sz7op8e]

Because it's NEVERENDING!!

[@shawmmathews889]

This trial is going to be fairly quick.

[@miguelpaul1164]

Diaper don the king of lies.

[@beachvacay3184]

I hope there’s not a sleeper on that jury. This case should be open and shut and a definite guilty verdict.

[@TonyRoam]

Fox pushes the same 💩

[@MorbidMind123]

None of this is Illegal, this is how presidential campaigns have worked for like my entire life at the least.

[@TransexualChrist-]

The Cult of Don Don is having a difficult time staying in the haze of denial..... ..

[@georgelayton6641]

LOL, ironically thanks to the real fake news.

[@alex35agm]

Yet Trump is popular with the Evangelicals, who must have forgotten the commandment about adultery.

[@wilcunningham5787]

I want to can't anyone sue them

[@farmerjones5479]

Congress is going to need to do something exceptional to heal America from all of this at sunset. This isn't Richard Nixon who just went away.

[@mariarivera4197]

Now we know why trump wanted to delay delay delay.

[@automaticgainsaying]

Some day the old joke will be "Other than that Melania, how did you like the parade (of trials)?"

[@yourseatatthetable]

Make's me wonder how many 'other' folks have taken advantage of such behavior.

[@wandagordon5629]

Unbelievable is all I can say why People are still supporting this Delusional Vindictive Behavior and No Accountability The Blame Game Leadership to determine your Fate.

[@jannmutube]

---- < It still has the affect of a billboard sign at the supermarket checkout stand. Also, Trump must have believed he doorman's story might be true.

[@georgelayton6641]

What does it say about America, when the National Enquirer helps determine the Presidential election outcome?

[@knoxjr4977]

Just prepare the cell! AND put his name on it! DJT!

[@GanacsadeCabdi-sf4cx]

Thank you all

[@laurabartoletti6412]

" inquiring minds want to know " " the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth " AGAIN !! 🇺🇲⚖️🇺🇲⚖️🇺🇲⚖️🇺🇲⚖️🇺🇲

[@buildmyboard2210]

That is called ‘election interference’ no? 😏😉

[@dirkdiggler9056]

Since when was the enquirer credible in any way shape or form.😂

[@aaronkuntze7494]

"The press has an obligation to tell the truth. " - Andrew Hamilton 1735 Cosby vs. Zenger The first and fifth amendments are binary! It's one or the other.

[@craigshagin5506]

And Trump calls the New York Times fake news!

[@lancejordan2561]

Wheres the National Enquirer we know? Three hundred year old vampire dies of Aides. Ghost of Marilyn Monroe seen in Kennedy Hall..............

[@evelynmartin2764]

Yes jail time for him! Lock him up ASAP 😊😅😮😢😊😅😊😮😮

[@rogermerrill8083]

can Hillary or other sue?

[@nottobebelieved8608]

You do realize you are talking about the Enquirer? Have never even bought one. However, if MSNBC viewers are the ones that do, that explains quite a bit.

[@spankyssurprise1361]

None of this is illegal.

[@paulbenton4273]

I'm English but lived in America for 20 years. Unsurprisingly I never read the National Enquirer. Just went onto their website and not a single word about Trump or his trial..... Still in bed together it seems

[@pythonpete]

Never use the Enquirer to line your bird cage. Mine comitted suicide after reading all that crap.

[@alexissantos4820]

Mental health awareness 🏳️‍🌈

[@carolutley6523]

Where's Ronan Farrow?

[@shaystern2453]

"start spreading' the news"

[@ianmcgrath4170]

@@shaystern2453 I see what you did there,10/10,to clever for many on here.,Regards Frank.

[@carolutley6523]

@shaystern2453 🎉very clever.

[@deniseandrews113]

Somebody needs to give him some flowers 💐

[@meliw4142]

Hmmmm, was that story about the maid, trump, and Drumph Tower true?

[@paulkern7229]

Lots of bots posting tonight!

[@tonyryder5771]

What, The National Enquirer isn’t fake news…. Now that news.

[@sonnycarter8447]

Amazing that this is an issue in our elections now. We have become lazy whinning idiots. We get what we deserve, we voted them in..!! Besides, this tactic is LEGAL .!!

[@user-uj9sz7op8e]

What Other Crimes Does Trump Still have Undisclosed?

[@sharonweaver7700]

💙🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙

[@Acer_Maximinus]

Most Peckers look for mutually beneficial relationships.😂

[@kevinyork8731]

GOOD ONE!!!!!!

[@jmcm8546]

Will Hilary Clinton sue this rag mag now?

[@michaelpfalzgraf7663]

I love the MSNBC does exactly what they were accusing the present I’m doing.

[@andyxfish]

Nicole Wallace is the bees knees

[@franksizzllemann5628]

Q-Anon says: Conspiracy? No way!

[@rwi-uncommonlysensical]

I believe it's pronounced "Anons". You know..like Al Anon(s), plural. As one thing really has nothing to do..with the other🍿 ~Paul Harvey..good day!~

[@MSNBCult]

The walls are closing in for him. again... ROFLMFAO. 🤣

[@josephjones825]

They got him this time 😂

[@oldbeatpete]

Trump University

[@Trollzarefunny]

Dmitri pidor Petrovich hush orcboi

[@Trollzarefunny]

@@josephjones825 Multitasking GOLUBOIzzzzz are chirping fah borscht 😂

[@supersquirrel7546]

I haven't seen Donnie laugh once this week or last week. I think you're the only one laughing dude.

[@johnnyramales2450]

I want to hear from Ted Cruz

[@jeaniejoseph940]

Just on this one subject, and then I never want to hear from him again.

[@warrenwalker8170]

Stop the app add it's rude

[@fmdday]

Hello governor

[@mimigaga2426]

Next :- Hillary n e rest to sue DT

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Trump is trying to do the same thing to Biden now with his stupid MAGA ad on KDKA.

[@CarolEdmonds-pk7hr]

MacUser2-il2cx, the difference being that Biden has a sense of humor and tRump doesn’t.

[@joancooney7724]

Any, one with half a brain will know Trumps a lying fool

[@brandon3525]

who believes the national inquirer?

[@oldbeatpete]

nobody but Trumpsters.

[@supersquirrel7546]

UFO and QAnutter folks. Probably a large percentage of MAGA.

[@harold9394]

You do.

[@tirdkat6104]

Its amazing how out of touch all of you are. 90% of the media was in Hillary's pocket and all of you are crying about Trump having a couple orgs on his side, one being a tabloid rag. All of you are going to be awfully sore on election day this year 🤣

[@andyreidsmustache9247]

What are the Trumpers saying about this?

[@AriSiMom]

Something tells me that the words ‘ Star witness’ will be repeated for other witnesses in this case , we think trump looks taxed now, give it another week … another two weeks …

[@sclogse1]

I seem to remember an Inquirer cover of a fat kid who only ate cookies for the past year.