[lbo-talk] Thoughts on Palin and Sexism

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 10 14:29:40 PDT 2008


At 02:21 PM 9/10/2008, Charles Brown wrote:


>CB: Isn't this an over-generalization from just one story ? Give me
>another Enquirer story that was news.

In 2001, the Enquirer uncovered that the Rev. Jesse Jackson had an illegitimate child. Salacious details of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair were first made public by the Enquirer. The Enquirer was regarded by some as having the best media coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder trial. For example, when a distinctive footprint from a Bruno Magli shoe was found at the crime scene, Simpson vehemently denied owning such a shoe. The Enquirer, however, published a photo by a freelance photographer showing Simpson in the shoes, then dug up another one again showing him in such a pair.[9]

In 2006, the Enquirer was the first newspaper to reveal that O. J. Simpson had written a book, If I Did It. The story was immediately denied by Simpson's lawyer, but was confirmed by release of the book one month later.[15]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Enquirer#Noted_stories_and_lawsuits



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