Statement from CDD: Clay's Daily Double Joins The Call For Boycott of American Media Inc.

Clay's Daily Double is joining the call for Claymates (and for that matter, the general public) to boycott American Media Inc. and all of its magazines and properties.

American Media's National Enquirer will be publishing an "expose" on Clay THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN FALSE with records from Clay's management.

Yale graduate, former CIA agent and an writer at the National Review William Buckley says that the rag is a "disgrace to journalism."

William F. Buckley in his National Review magazine once branded the National Enquirer a "disgrace to journalism." A journalism scholar, in an academic publication, called it the epitome of "low-taste media"; another suggested it be tossed into an incinerator "without a second thought."

This was posted by Louise over at the fanclub. Her son is a journalism major who took a special class on rags such as the National Enquirer, published by American Media.

You should have seen the serious expression on his face. He wasn't about to be kidding. One of the topics within that class was specifically about The National Enquirer and other rags just like it. The instructor taught that those publications literally make things up--- Literally. Make. Things. Up.---He backed it with provable examples. My son said that even the guy who is being quoted as having the one night stand with Clay could be completely made up as well. Non-existent. Not necessarily, but COULD BE. If his lying self does exist, the paper will protect him as best as they are prepared. And they are usually pretty well prepared, if not welcoming in their preparedness. They have no boundaries. They have no ethics. They have no morals.

He went on to say that they make stories up with the hope of getting sued. Let me repeat, for emphasis, THEY WANT TO GET SUED. They still come out ahead, he says, considering it to be the best advertising dollar they could spend with all the attention it will give them. Amorality at it's finest. No, evil. It is evil.

What The National Enquirer does is exploit society's need to have their ears tickled, and their willingness to believe lies so they can go out and spread some more. It is the stuff gossip is made of, which is quite tantalizing in a fallen world. It is innate in our human fiber. We have to work not to participate, otherwise we kinda find ourselves interested, too. The Bible goes so far as to call it sin. It causes damage horizontally within human relationships. And it causes damage vertically between man and God. In other words, it is serious with Him.

You can act now by cancelling your subscription and not purchasing these magazine titles:

• National Enquirer
• Star
• The Globe
• National Examiner
• Weekly World News
• Country Weekly
• ¡Mira!
• Thalia
• AMI's Auto World
• NOPI Street Performance Compact
• MPH (Maximum Performance Horsepower)
• Shape
• Shape En Espanol
• Men's Fitness
• Fit Pregnancy
• Flex
• Natural Health
• Muscle & Fitness
• Muscle & Fitness Hers
• Looking Good Now
• Celebrity Living