{"id":78156,"date":"2019-02-08T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ronan-farrow-i-too-was-threatened-with-blackmail-by-ami-over-stories-about-trump\/"},"modified":"2019-02-08T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:25:29","slug":"ronan-farrow-i-too-was-threatened-with-blackmail-by-ami-over-stories-about-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ronan-farrow-i-too-was-threatened-with-blackmail-by-ami-over-stories-about-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronan Farrow: I Too Was Threatened with Blackmail by AMI Over Stories About Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ronan Farrow: I Too Was Threatened with Blackmail by AMI Over Stories About Trump<\/b><\/p>\n

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Journalist Ronan Farrow has revealed that he too was subjected to blackmail threats from AMI over stories about Trump\u2019s relationship with the National Enquirer publisher.<\/p>\n

Farrow tweeted a response to Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, who Thursday published a piece detailing threats that had been made against him by the publisher.<\/p>\n

Tweeted Farrow: \u2018I and at least one other prominent journalist involved in breaking stories about the National Enquirer\u2019s arrangement with Trump fielded similar \u201cstop digging or we\u2019ll ruin you\u201d blackmail efforts from AMI. (I did not engage as I don\u2019t cut deals with subjects of ongoing reporting.)\u2019<\/p>\n

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I and at least one other prominent journalist involved in breaking stories about the National Enquirer\u2019s arrangement with Trump fielded similar \u201cstop digging or we\u2019ll ruin you\u201d blackmail efforts from AMI. (I did not engage as I don\u2019t cut deals with subjects of ongoing reporting.) t.co\/kHQdWIkVjV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) February 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Farrow\u2019s tweet prompted a reply from Ted Bridis, a former AP editor, who wrote: \u201cWe were warned explicitly by insiders that AMI had hired private investigators to dig into backgrounds of @AP<\/strong><\/a> journalists looking into the tabloid\u2019s efforts on behalf of Trump. Never saw evidence of this either way, and it didn\u2019t stop our reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We were warned explicitly by insiders that AMI had hired private investigators to dig into backgrounds of @AP<\/a> journalists looking into the tabloid\u2019s efforts on behalf of Trump. Never saw evidence of this either way, and it didn\u2019t stop our reporting.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ted Bridis (@tbridis) February 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Farrow followed up with these tweets:<\/p>\n

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In light of Bezos\u2019s claims, worth returning to this story we did at @NewYorker<\/a>, breaking the news that the same Enquirer editor Bezos dealt with was also behind a secret collaboration with Harvey Weinstein to dig up dirt on accusers: t.co\/lPJM0cPc5n<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/D6jxc88zDl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) February 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Also relevant: this report we went on to publish, with the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of AMI\u2019s effort to \u201ccatch and kill\u201d Karen McDougal\u2019s story of an affair with Trump, and her first public statements about it: t.co\/ThSnfEsJUO<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Xm4bK2exLz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) February 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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And this story about AMI similarly going to elaborate lengths to buy and bury a claim from a Trump Organization doorman with information (of unclear veracity) about another Trump affair resulting in a child: t.co\/iwy2lbaCpz<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/k9CXConJnN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) February 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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