NY Post Praised for Headline About Bezos

The New York Post is getting applause for a headline they published on Friday about anti-Trump billionaire Jeff Bezos.

According to Fox News:

The New York Post is getting kudos for its front page, double entendre headline about Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ beef with American Media Inc. honcho David Pecker.

Friday’s front page played on Bezos accusing the Pecker’s National Enquirer of threatening to publish “intimate photos” of him, including a “below the belt selfie,” and potentially compromising photos of his reported girlfriend, former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez, if he did not end an investigation into the company and its alleged political ties.

The National Enquirer published a story last month that included lurid texts between Bezos and Sanchez. Since then, private investigators for the billionaire have been looking into how the Enquirer got the texts. That set off, according to Bezos, a threat to back off or risk having the personal photos exposed.

The New York City tabloid is on a roll, as Thursday’s front page declared “Virginia is for losers,” a jab at the state’s on-going scandals involving three top politicians. Friday’s headline reminds media watchdogs of other classic tabloid headlines, such as “Headless Body in Topless Bar,” which ran back in 1983 and is remembered as a legendary front page in journalism circles.

Welp, time to retire “Headless Body In Topless Bar” pic.twitter.com/KIob0bBeuw

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 8, 2019

Many accused the NY Post of not being original, but it was a great comedic relief to an odd story.

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