Word: tabloidal
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...matter of seizing seasonal imagery to make an obvious point: some of us seem to be letting ourselves go . . . just a touch, say . . . perhaps an almost imperceptible touch. No, that's bending backwards not to offend. Put it in the hands of, say, a headline writer for a British tabloid...
Everyone in town wanted a copy of the article faxed to them, and the reporter was all too happy to oblige. But local television stations, the Associated Press, the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe and the tabloid TV program "Inside Edition" also called asking for information The Crimson's reporter would not release: where was Charles...
This intriguing topic needs to be handled with the sure, deftness of rational consideration. Instead, Filipacchi sets out, mechanically and determinedly, to shock her audience. She seemingly fails to realize that for a population accustomed to the excesses of tabloid television and a steady consumption of its lurid confessions, this may be an impossible task...
...York Post, America's oldest continuously published daily, is apparently out of business; provisional publisher Rupert Murdoch dropped his bid to buy the tabloid after he and the unions failed to agree on cost cuts. The Saturday edition of the paper was canceled, and staff members started cleaning out their desks. The unprofitable paper's fate was left in the hands of a bankruptcy court this week, but plausible new buyers seemed unlikely to appear...
...show would feature some longer stories and a mold-breaking format: "If our program is three pieces of the same length and then a light, short piece at the end, then we will have failed." After early shows drew criticism from ABC News executives for being too downbeat and tabloid-like (example: a whole show on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer), the program was retooled. Last week's show featured three main stories and a light, short piece at the end on the New York Mets...