On March 23 the National Enquirer recently leaked racy news to the public that claimed Ted Cruz was caught cheating with 5 secret mistresses. The sex scandal shocked Americans across the nation, given that Ted Cruz is a conservative republican senator from Texas. This type of strategic communication release is most definitely a leak as well as a way of negative campaigning. The 2016 election is one of the craziest, most entertaining elections in our nation’s history. Given this fact, many newspapers, magazines, and online journals try to dig up any dirt they can find on candidates to make their source seem the trustworthy and credible. The National Enquirer is a nationally known magazine famous for coming out with the latest scandals in all
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Only their hair was shown, leaving it up to America to identify the women. This most definitely was a strategic way to carry this leak forward because so many people become curious as to who they were. The more time people spend trying to identify the women, the longer the story stays relevant and in circulation. In fact, the leak went viral on Twitter with the hashtag #cruzsexscandal. Joel Luther, a recent Duke grad and aspiring politician journalist tweeted: “3 of Cruz’s alleged mistresses have been identified: Katrina Pierson, Sarah Isgur Flores, and Amanda Carpenter.” This tweet alone is huge, because those three names are now associated with the #cruzsexscandal forever. In addition, Conservative outfitters reported that “Drew Johnson of the Washington Times confirmed on Twitter Thursday night that two of Ted Cruz's mistresses named by the National Enquirer are accurate: COMING CLEAN: From what I know, at least 2 of the women named as Cruz mistresses by the National Enquirer are accurate #TRUMP #CRUZ #TCOT.” Overall this information can widely affect the debate and Ted Cruz’s campaign in negative ways. Sex scandals make a candidate look classless and unprofessional. He has been accused of cheating on his wife, not with one woman, but with …show more content…
Both of their wives got involved in a Twitter war (two potential first ladies in a Twitter war? Really?). In their article Ted Cruz Attacks Donald Trump—Wives Caught In The Middle!, the National Enquirer reported that “Cruz retaliated by calling Trump a ‘coward’ and Trump soon fired back by retweeting a side-by-side comparison of Melania and Heidi, with the caption ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’” The severity of all this based off of a single rumor is insane. Journalists can have a more powerful effect on candidate’s lives than one would ever
Only their hair was shown, leaving it up to America to identify the women. This most definitely was a strategic way to carry this leak forward because so many people become curious as to who they were. The more time people spend trying to identify the women, the longer the story stays relevant and in circulation. In fact, the leak went viral on Twitter with the hashtag #cruzsexscandal. Joel Luther, a recent Duke grad and aspiring politician journalist tweeted: “3 of Cruz’s alleged mistresses have been identified: Katrina Pierson, Sarah Isgur Flores, and Amanda Carpenter.” This tweet alone is huge, because those three names are now associated with the #cruzsexscandal forever. In addition, Conservative outfitters reported that “Drew Johnson of the Washington Times confirmed on Twitter Thursday night that two of Ted Cruz's mistresses named by the National Enquirer are accurate: COMING CLEAN: From what I know, at least 2 of the women named as Cruz mistresses by the National Enquirer are accurate #TRUMP #CRUZ #TCOT.” Overall this information can widely affect the debate and Ted Cruz’s campaign in negative ways. Sex scandals make a candidate look classless and unprofessional. He has been accused of cheating on his wife, not with one woman, but with …show more content…
Both of their wives got involved in a Twitter war (two potential first ladies in a Twitter war? Really?). In their article Ted Cruz Attacks Donald Trump—Wives Caught In The Middle!, the National Enquirer reported that “Cruz retaliated by calling Trump a ‘coward’ and Trump soon fired back by retweeting a side-by-side comparison of Melania and Heidi, with the caption ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’” The severity of all this based off of a single rumor is insane. Journalists can have a more powerful effect on candidate’s lives than one would ever