Word: tabloidism
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...this past weekend, before 200 of their closest pals. Pitt's ex-fiance Gwyneth Paltrow was not expected to be in attendance despite reportedly receiving an invitation. All the Friends, however, were due for the festivities, in addition to as many disruptive journalists and hovering helicopters as the tabloid press could round up on such short notice...
...another tabloid week for the Olympic movement. At the track-and-field trials in Sacramento, Calif., sprinters Michael Johnson and Maurice Green moved their gums as fast as their legs, trading insults at a record pace. On the human-interest front, there was Marla Runyan, legally blind, qualifying for the team at 1,500 m, and Gabe Harmony Jennings, a happy eccentric from Forks of Salmon, Calif., announcing himself as a miler to be reckoned with. Finally there was Magnificent Marion Jones qualifying for what seemed to be every event...
...main source for the story has been interviewed by several other biographers, none of whom reports such a slur. Hillary dismisses the tale. But she has sown suspicion among some Jews by kissing the wife of Yasser Arafat and voicing support for Palestinian statehood. The story has already spurred tabloid headlines in New York. Now Rudy has a chance to express his empathy for Hillary...
...talking about their favorite subject: themselves! The assembled press purred like kittens at a milk-truck spill at the Wednesday Q&A session on Wolf's forthcoming NBC drama, "Deadline." The drama stars Oliver Platt as a headstrong New York tabloid columnist who solves crimes with an intrepid group of journalism students. Never mind that we've seen nothing of the show except a couple-minutes-long trailer, or that it sounds like one of the more implausible premises for week-in, week-out crime-solving since "Scooby Doo." The fourth estate was much more interested in hearing which...
...wonder if there will ever be a time in our society when the news media takes a couple of steps above supermarket tabloid journalism. Rest assured that more people listen to Dr. Laura than read your writings...