while everyone knew that the enquirer and those other newsstand garbage was a tabloid trash publication.... no different than satire sites like The Onion or The Babylon Bee. they didnt pretend to bring actual news to people.. just humor, innuendo, gossip and rumors. and they didnt try to hide that info. they were open about it.
sure every once in a while the enquirer got an actual scoop, but that was the exception, not the ojbective of the publication.
these are "news" outlets pretending to be objective facts delivery platforms who are intentionally faking footage like the tabloids would (the alien baby pictures, etc) to further a narrative. the two cant go together.