Now, does anyone want to guess-- well, let's first say this. The "National Enquirer " sells three times the number of copies every year as "The Atlantic," all right? Does anyone want to guess how many more times your friends and family are claiming to read "The Atlantic" over the "National Enquirer ?"
I have to turn this on its side to show you-- 45 times the number of people claim to read "The Atlantic" over the "National Enquirer ." Now, let's break that down. They're like, yeah man, I read that article.
I mean I like the magazine. There's a "National Enquirer " magazine we got off of eBay because it's just I think a lot of times people would sort of say,
his going around and and killing people and and getting into their phones. In early 2019, Jeff Bezos publicly accused the US tabloid The National Enquirer of attempting to blackmail and extort him by threatening to publish intimate photos including what he described as a nude below-the-belt selfie of him and his then partner Lauren Sanchez. Bezos wrote a blog post saying AMI emailed his
Bezos doing, which is that he wrote a public letter saying, "A very unusual thing happened to me the other day. I'm being blackmailed by the National Enquirer , and here's what they said." That's very, very rare. And so, you know, a senator, a congressman, he owned a lot of people.
And we found out by accident. I actually found out-- the National Enquirer wrote an article about it and said, why is this guy out, and why is his last name Niles? Did they do that deliberately?
yeah; in 2003 I got a call from a reporter from the National Enquirer . How many people know the National Enquirer ? Bob Scowcroft: I see some hands went like this.
Nobody looked around so you're okay. Bob Scowcroft: So the National Enquirer calls and she says she's a reporter and I'm sure this is a joke, one of my buddies, I mean, this is the kind of, this is what we do for fun, is pretend, internally.
I mean, her daughter was pregnant. Whoa. It's not the "National Enquirer ." That's a lead. And so I was curious as to whether her being a grandmother-- well, whether she'd use it.
I mean I like the magazine. And there's like, especially the "National Enquirer " they have a life savers section.
of a farmer's market and we ended up talking for about an hour and a half. the article and read it and low and behold I was quoted in the National Enquirer .
The "National Enquirer " sells three times the number of copies every year as "The Atlantic," all right? Does anyone want to guess how many more times your friends and family are claiming to read "The Atlantic" over the "National Enquirer ?" Three times. Six. Three times more.
Presenter 2: Sure. Bob Scowcroft: In the theme of taking any interview at any time, let's see is this dated, yeah; in 2003 I got a call from a reporter from the National Enquirer . How many people know the National Enquirer ?
lawyer and security adviser Gavin de Becker's counsel threatening to publish personal photos and texts unless he and his team publicly stated that the tabloid's coverage of him was not politically motivated. Yeah, what they wanted me to do the Enquirer , and they negotiated with me and my lawyer over this that I was to go public and say two things. I was to say it was not politically motivated and
They write some articles, like 50 greatest inventions. OK, love it. And then there's also the esteemed, renowned, and historic "National Enquirer ," which is like Skynet is a reality, Terminator's definitely going to happen.
He'll take a deep breath and go, how is that even possible? Why? And by crazy, I mean, look at the "National Enquirer " and see all the wealthy superstar people.
Is this, come on, you know, ha ha. I did it once or twice and she got really irritated and said, "I'm in New York, I'm on a deadline, I report for the National Enquirer and I'm doing this story." Bob Scowcroft: "Mister Scowcroft, do you wanna talk or not?" So I played it straight and she did a long interview.