Mediagazer: AP acknowledges killing a story in August 2017 on National Enquirer squashing a rumor about a Trump “love child”; NYT and WSJ say they also pursued story (Michael Calderone/Politico)

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Michael Calderone / Politico:

AP acknowledges killing a story in August 2017 on National Enquirer squashing a rumor about a Trump “love child”; NYT and WSJ say they also pursued story — AP acknowledges spiking and then reviving a story of how The National Enquirer paid off a Trump tipster.

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