Popular Culture Review 30.2 • Summer 2019
Fake News and Failed Friendships : An Analysis of Trump , Pecker , and the National Enquirer
by William M . Kirtley and Patricia M . Kirtley
ABSTRACT
It is easy to trivialize a supermarket tabloid that titillates , provokes , and focuses on human foibles , but the National Enquirer influenced the 2016 election and continues to unravel the present administration . This paper details its development into a celebrity gossip newspaper , analyzes the magazine ’ s readers , treatment of Donald Trump , and the anatomy of campaign finance felonies committed by its editor David Pecker , along with Trump , and his personal attorney David Cohen .
Keywords : National Enquirer , Tabloid , Celebrity , AMI , Donald J . Trump , David Pecker , Michael Cohen , Karen McDougal , Nondisclosure Agreement , Propaganda , Campaign Finance felony , Presidential affairs
Noticias falsas y amistades fallidas : Un análisis de Trump , Pecker y el investigador nacional
RESUMEN
Es fácil trivializar un tabloide de supermercado que estimula , provoca y se enfoca en las flaquezas humanas , pero el Investigador Nacional influyó en las elecciones de 2016 y continúa desentrañando la administración actual . Este documento detalla su desarrollo en un periódico de chismes de celebridades , analiza a los lectores de la revista , el tratamiento de
117 doi : 10.18278 / pcr . 30.2.6