{"id":91292,"date":"2016-03-25T07:18:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=91292"},"modified":"2016-03-25T07:18:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T15:18:30","slug":"who-tried-to-bury-the-ted-cruz-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=91292","title":{"rendered":"Who Tried To Bury The Ted Cruz Scandal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2016\/03\/24\/the-national-enquirer-runs-story-of-multiple-ted-cruz-affairs\/\">REPORT<\/a>: Apparently, at least part of this story was very well known amid the political circles (pundits, columnists, reporters etc.) who swirl around the various presidential campaign camps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COMING CLEAN: From what I know, at least 2 of the women named as Cruz mistresses by the National Enquirer are accurate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRUMP?src=hash\">#TRUMP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CRUZ?src=hash\">#CRUZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TCOT?src=hash\">#TCOT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Johnson (@Drews_Views) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Drews_Views\/status\/713222276875812865\">March 25, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/obama_speech\">@obama_speech<\/a> Not a reporter.Just a columnist.This has nothing to do with the Times.Another outlet has the details.it&#39;s their story to tell.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Johnson (@Drews_Views) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Drews_Views\/status\/713235569074044928\">March 25, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>It appears the sexual exploits of Ted Cruz was the story many were curious about back in late February and early March.<\/p>\n<p>A Breitbart reporter held the information but never released it; according to most common speculation because the owners\/operators\/editors of the outlet determined it was not in alignment with their political affiliations:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hate getting scooped.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Allum Bokhari (@LibertarianBlue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibertarianBlue\/status\/713246777231585280\">March 25, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>For those of you less familiar with Twitter and &#8220;Hashtags&#8221; there was a considerable amount of apparent discussion under the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23thething&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;#TheThing<\/a>&#8220;, where &#8220;The Thing&#8221; was knowledge of the Ted Cruz affairs.<\/p>\n<p>If you look up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23thething&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">#TheThing<\/a> and go back to March 10th &#8211; March 14th, what you&#8217;ll find are multiple conversations about finding someone, anyone, to report on the Ted Cruz affairs.  The group pushing for the requested articles were seemingly all supporters of Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\">@Cernovich<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLastRefuge2\">@TheLastRefuge2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FHKweipbpQ\">pic.twitter.com\/FHKweipbpQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HouseCracka (@HouseCracka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseCracka\/status\/713250877067411456\">March 25, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The apparent thinking was if they could get the media to pick-up the story prior to Super Tuesday, it would finish off Ted Cruz and allow Marco Rubio to win in several key elections and states.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the truth-tellers ran into the corporate side of the media enterprises.   Breitbart owned by pro-Cruz Super-PAC funder Robert Mercer was one of the roadblocks.  The editor, Ben Shapiro, also now being named as one of the political advocates who would not allow his chosen candidate to be &#8216;outed&#8221;.   Shapiro is also the Editor of The Daily Wire, which is also owned by a Pro-Cruz Super-PAC team, The Wilks Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>It appears Shapiro buried and blocked the story because he, along with others, didn&#8217;t want to see Cruz negatively impacted.   Unfortunately, this is brutal confirmation of the type of media bias we have discussed before.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Rubio and Pro-Cruz corporate media intercepts refusing to allow sunlight upon their preferred candidate(s).  (Salem Communications: Hugh Hewitt et al, NRO, Human Events, Twitchy, etc) and Pro-Cruz sites like Conservative Review (Mark Levin, and unfortunately Amanda Carpenter), Right Scoop, Red State, Insurgent etc. with an obvious reason to bury or not allow the story to surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REPORT: Apparently, at least part of this story was very well known amid the political circles (pundits, columnists, reporters etc.) who swirl around the various presidential campaign camps. 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