AMI Might Be Trying To Blackmail Bezos And The Washington Post Into Giving Trump Good Press

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Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and owner of the Washington Post, is accusing American Media Inc. (AMI), the parent company of the National Enquirer, of “extortion and blackmail.”

In a Medium post published by Bezos on Thursday, he accused AMI of threatening to release embarrassing photos and text messages of him and a woman the National Enquirer claims he is having an affair with.

On MSNBC on Thursday night, Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia floated the theory that AMI could be trying to seek revenge on Bezos for critical coverage of Donald Trump in the Post, the newspaper he owns.

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AMI, of course, spent years protecting Trump through a practice called “catch and kill” in which they would buy and bury unfavorable stories about the now-president, particularly as it related to his extramarital affairs. - PolitiusUSA

AMI, Fox Entertainment, & the NRA. What a day. Take them all down!

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1. KR!

[regnaD kciN]

2. We already KNOW what AMI was trying to blackmail Bezos about...

...because it was right in the e-mail Bezos included in his post: they wanted the WaPo to retract their reporting that AMI was working as a go-between for the Saudi royalty in their dealings with the current administration.

No need to guess what it’s about when it’s right there in the initial story.

[Gothmog]

3. Lock AMI up

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4. Ruh-roh!

[njhoneybadger]

5. Jeff Bezos exposes Pecker

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