Checkout Line – “55:47,” the clerk said. At this point the woman in front of me started digging through her purse to find her checkbook. It looks like I have some free time, so I’ll try to find something to read. Oh, there’s a magazine here. “Scientology’s evil war on the police!” “Britt begs Sam to save her!” “Jennifer Aniston is looking for Mr. Right!” What I didn’t read: “Mr. Trump paid hush money to porn star.” Oh, no wonder.it is National investigator. This is the world of tabloid journalism, but you can’t really call it journalism. This is sensational and usually completely fictitious reporting.They became known to the public for the following reasons National Inquirer”A “catch and kill” program in which the newspaper buys an article and then withholds it to prevent other publications from running it. In this case, two separate accusations that former President Donald Trump had affairs with two women, not his then-wife, were bought by news outlets. Nationwide Questioner And was dumped to protect Trump.
First, we need to find out what we mean by tabloid. Many newspapers are broadsheet. houston chronicle and New York Times. The other papers are half-sized tabloids. new york post, daily news and news day In New York, san francisco examiner. But then there are the supermarket tabloids. If you’re standing in the checkout line at your local grocery store, you’ll probably see racks of tabloid newspapers.These wild publications used to sit side by side in bookstore news racks time and texas monthly And so on, but by the 1970s, these wild papers could only be found at Randall’s cash registers. By the 2010s, the primary producer of weekly tabloid magazines was American Media, which published some of the most popular tabloid newspapers. Among them are national inquirer, gloveand the Starfeatured articles about Hollywood stars and other American celebrities, brutal crimes, and scary stories that were simply made up.
“Headless Corpse in a Topless Bar”
— of new york portFront page of st April 15, 1983
The tabloids we have today actually started in England. In 1900, Alfred Harmsworth daily mail Founded the first modern tabloid newspaper in London. daily mirror. Newspapers targeted a mass market, publishing crime stories and celebrity gossip. By 1909, one million copies were being sold per day. Soon other similar tabloids appeared. The combined circulation of Sunday newspapers was about 10 million. These newspapers were called red top tabloids because they had a bright red logo at the top of page one.
It was about as close to the supermarket tabloids as I was to working late and lamenting. houston post. In 1983, it was purchased from the Hobby family by a group of Canadians who owned several tabloid newspapers. They brought in one of their editors whose previous jobs included bartending. He redesigned the company’s traditional home page layout to resemble that of its owner, a Canadian tabloid newspaper. It’s still large format, but if I had to guess, there’s a bright red logo and lots of big headings at the top of the first page. Houston is a culturally conservative town, so we don’t put up such blatant bravado. Changing the layout of the morning paper was like changing the names of the children. We lost thousands of readers. After a while, the red logo will disappear, post Returned to traditional look.
“Bible prophecy has just come true!”
Like many newspapers across the country, these sensational tabloids are struggling. With a few exceptions, most major tabloids have failed to jump into the digital world. Some are selling for a fraction of their previous price. In 1990, national inquirer The circulation was approximately 4 million copies. Now it’s about 100,000.It took five years of effort to make this happen. national inquirer It was sold for an “undisclosed amount.” Still, some supermarket tabloids have had their day. In 2007, national inquirer Then-presidential candidate John Edwards revealed that he had fathered a child with a campaign worker. This marks the end of Edwards’ campaign. In 1987, Gary Hart sought the Democratic presidential nomination and was widely seen as a front-runner until reports of his extramarital affair surfaced. Hart essentially dared the press to catch him in the act of infidelity.of national inquirer We obtained images of Hart and model Donna Rice aboard a yacht in Florida called “Monkey Business.” So much for President Hart.
I once interviewed Mexico’s attorney general and asked him, “Why do Mexicans keep selling drugs to us?” He replied, “Because you Americans keep buying.” I couldn’t think of anything to say right away. So we have to ask these tabloids how they stay in business while publishing ridiculous articles like this? They do it because millions of Americans buy it.
“Hollywood beauties who admitted to having rhinoplasty!”
Legitimate news organizations never pay news providers, but national inquirer that’s right. They call it “checkbook journalism.” And they reward their friends and punish their enemies. As mentioned above, the tabloid gained public attention for its love and treatment of Donald Trump.of national inquirer It published countless articles praising Trump and denouncing his enemies. Before the 2016 primaries: “Hillary has gained 103 pounds!” “Hillary has six months to live! Cruel bill will force her to continue campaigning!” His rival for the Republican presidential nomination was a doctor named Ben Carson.of national inquirer He spread a completely fabricated story about Carson leaving a sponge in a patient’s brain. The biggest non-scoop was, “Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the JFK assassination!”
OK, national inquirer is in trouble and needs to fill the vacuum. “HPD lost 260,000 cases!” Or “Paxton impeachment judge Gov. Dan Patrick Wright received $2 million from Paxton supporters!” Or “Abbot Gubu wears coronavirus mask Banned: 92,378 Texans Dead! How about “The Astros’ $95 million pitcher has an ERA of 6.50!” “HISD’s new boss will wreak havoc on the school!” No, no one would believe such an outlandish story. .
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