Word: tabloidism
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...notch financial journalist, Suzy Wetlaufer knew a good business story when she saw one. Unfortunately, the biggest story of her career turned out to be a tabloid-ready bombshell starring Suzy herself--specifically, her relationship with corporate titan Jack Welch. "Jack and I gave the press a magnificent cocktail," she told TIME recently. "You couldn't have made it up. Here we have a very famous CEO who's married, who has just written a big, best-selling autobiography, and he runs off with this mother of four who [is the editor] of the Harvard Business Review." TV trucks camped...
...start of last night's final revealed the real meaning of the event. "How good it is we have something that takes the world's eyes off our greedy bankers and corrupt politicians," he said. In Britain, where Morgan is still remembered as the former editor of the salacious tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror - and who was forced to resign after it published faked photographs - his tone of moral outrage might have rung a little hollow. But under the spell of BGT, a vast swath of Britons suppressed their congenital cynicism and concentrated on rooting for their favorites...
...relaxed atmosphere, with its sultry climate and scantily clad beach culture? (California also has a high rate of teacher sexual misconduct.) Or are Floridians simply reporting more cases like Hernandez's? It is a crime in Florida, as in most states, not to report such cases, but perhaps the tabloid publicity of the Lafave case has prodded Sunshine State denizens to be more vigilant, to no longer be in denial about cases like these or take them so lightly...
...treatment she received for answering her question honestly? - Barb McClintock, Houston I think by entering the Miss USA pageant, she made herself a public figure. If a civilian were to answer that question, would I think the response that she got was appropriate? No. But when you become a tabloid figure, which she did, the rules change. (See the top 10 beauty-pageant scandals...
...elements of the case were a tabloid's dream and a government's nightmare: a powerful lawmaker and real-estate mogul, a policeman-turned-hitman, scorned love, a $2 million murder contract and leaked photos of a beautiful star's dead body. Though all death sentences must be reviewed by the country's chief religious official, Egyptians are hailing the verdict as evidence that in a legal system often accused of iniquity, nobody is above the law. Moustafa's attorney has vowed to appeal...