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...deterioration of the popular press in England is a shocking phenomenon of modern journalism ... I think the phrase 'gutter press' could have been invented for the modern English tabloid The British . . . took the American tabloid and they lowered their sights. They de-improved it. It is something that has to be seen to be believed ... The curious thing is that, when an Englishman imitates an American tabloid, he is five times worse than anything an American would tolerate...
Homecoming Early last December, in one of the year's outstanding contributions to tabloid titillation, the New York Daily News led the pack in discovering Christine Jorgensen, the ex-G.I. from The Bronx who reported that Danish doctors had converted him into a woman (TIME, Dec. 15). Last week, fittingly, it was the News which best answered the "who, what, when, where" as it reported Christine's gala homecoming. Said the News: "Christine Jorgensen, the lad who became a lady, arrived home from Denmark yesterday, lit a cigarette like a girl, husked 'Hello' and tossed...
...began its Broadway run last week. The show starring Judith Anderson, Tyrone Power and Raymond Massey, had already covered 14,000 miles, given 80 performances m 60 cities. Most of Manhattan's critics gave John Brown & Co. columns of raves. The dissenter: John Chapman, of the tabloid Daily News, recommended the show to those who "are looking for a nap. . . It was only duty which kept me from dozing through a large part of the artistically elaborate and physically unintersting proceedings...
...operated his own news agency, wired out bulletins of legitimate news, never let anyone forget where it came from. Sample : FLASH JULIUS FLEISCHMANN DROPPED DEAD ON THE POLO FIELD HERE THIS AFTERNOON DON'T FORGET MIAMI BEACH DATELINE. He combed Miami Beach high schools for pretty girls, made tabloid editors happy with pictures of them romping in bathing suits beneath the palms. Union Pacific sent him out to look over the site of an Idaho ski resort it planned to name Ketchum after the nearest town. Snorted Hannagan: "The columnists will soon be cracking 'Ketchum and fleece...
...Tribune's Washington bureau went a notice: use "President Eisenhower" in the lead of a story, "General" thereafter. The Washington Post, after paying its respect by calling him "President Eisenhower," uses "Mr. Eisenhower" for the rest of the story. "Ike and Mamie" are still good enough for the tabloid New York Daily News. But the staid Washington Star agreed with the Advertiser that "Ike and Mamie" are undignified now that the Eisenhowers are in the White House; the wire services have settled for "President Eisenhower," "Mr. Eisenhower," or just plain "Eisenhower." President Eisenhower himself doesn't care...