In this week's vocabulary post I'm discussing "guilty pleasures." What's the meaning of this phrase? Are all guilty pleasures bad? What is one of my favourite guilty pleasures? (Can you tell from the snapshot?)
To find out, visit https://grammaticus.blog/2024/05/24/guilty-pleasures/
That offered the first look at defense’s strategy: normalizing #criminal acts.
The #CrossExamination also showed the seedier side of #tabloids, incl’g the admission that #Pecker’s magazines bought stories as leverage against #celebrities.
Pecker described a 2002 meeting in which #ArnoldSchwarzenegger asked Pecker not to run negative stories about him before his run for governor of California. He was elected & served 2003-2011.
#Trump's history of tipping off #tabloids about his life was a known fact well before TheApprentice.
"He was very cautious & very frugal, #Pecker said of Trump's approach to #money.
Testimony from Pecker that establishes Trump's track record of keeping a close eye on his #finances - “almost a micromanager," Pecker said - will help prosecution prove that Trump falsified #HushMoney records to cover up a sex scandal to influence the 2016 election.
#Pecker described the types of people #tabloids typically use as sources: hotel workers, limo drivers, lawyers, etc.
#Trump's lawyers have tried to depict the ##NationalEnquirer #tabloid as a media company like any other. But Pecker's testimony that they practiced “#CheckbookJournalism," & his description of their editorial practices, undermines that argument.
Premier League IPTV Piracy Clickbait Reaches New Low, But Will Go Lower
‘Vucic out’: Serbian protesters keep heat on government https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/vucic-out-serbian-protesters-keep-heat-on-government/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AleksanderVucic #protests #Serbia #tabloids
Constructive suggestion: if #HarryAndMeghan manage to destroy the UK #tabloids and fatally undermine the #monarchy, we make #meghanmarkle the Queen of #Scotland and declare Harry the Lord of Sauchiehall street, with free drinks in every venue for life
It’s clear #PrinceHarry believes he’s on a mission to say that the #tabloids must be held to some degree of accountability & that they should have a better relationship with the truth. You may disagree with how he’s going about it but the mission in itself seems honourable to me.
#Spare #ITV #TomBradby