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The whiny crybabies, er, esteemed journalists over at Politico think they know why Hillary lost: It’s those darn dummy Deplorables who apparently get all their news while standing in check-out lines, checking out the Enquirer headlines.

Please, libs, keep showing your utter contempt for Trump voters; 2018 is looking better than ever.

HT Breitbart.

Via Politico.

….As 2016 began, the tabloids celebrated favorite son Trump at every turn. The Enquirer endorsed him in March 2016—one of vanishingly few publications anywhere to do so—and stacked its pages with praise. In its February 29, 2016, issue, the tabloid toted up the shameful secrets the candidates were hiding. His secret? “[H]e has greater support and popularity than even he’s admitted to!” the Enquirer reported….

It’s easy to imagine that tabloids don’t matter; the Enquirer is a relatively small voice in the media kingdom, with a weekly circulation of only 342,071, down from the 5.9 million it commanded in the 1970s. But that misses the importance of the constant cultural background noise it adds to American life: There are 37,000 supermarkets in America, with an average of about 10 checkout stands each, and many stands feature a wire rack displaying the Enquirer, the Globe, often the company’s other tab, the National Examiner, and celebrity magazines. According to an industry study, American households make an average of 1.5 trips to the supermarket each week. Every customer passes by the checkout stand, which means that even people who never purchase a tabloid still absorb the ambient headlines, and those headlines can shape their view of the world….

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  1. Alain41 says:

    So Rush, talk radio, and Fox News weren’t responsible for Hillary losing? Alert the media.

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