Word: tabloidism
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...trip was arranged by Max Clifford, a London p.r. whiz who, with one wave of a press release and two calls on his mobile phone, can transform the dreariest story from an M.P.'s jilted mistress into tabloid gold, earning big headlines--and even bigger bucks--for himself and his clients. "O.J. can't get fair press coverage in America," said Clifford. "So he's here in England, where the press is much more objective...
...first day Clifford slotted in a few tabloid journalists for quick "exclusives." The results were anything but objective: "His dark eyes stared into mine," wrote the Sun's Amanda Cable, "and I felt a shiver go up my spine. Suddenly he leaned forward, touched my arm and roared, 'You're trying to ask me if I've been laid since my trial!'" Not exactly. Cable had asked whether he had been "dating...
...does Fox's record in TV news inspire much confidence. Local Fox newscasts often stress tabloid sensationalism, and Fox's best-known contribution to TV journalism is the now canceled magazine show A Current Affair. Fox News Sunday is an attempt to establish some mainstream credibility. Despite its bumpy start, the show has done that, eliciting a few newsmaking quotes in its first weeks from such guests as Republican National Committee chairman Haley Barbour. Executive producer Marty Ryan, who once ran NBC's Today Show, says the program will move outside the Beltway on occasion, in an effort to broaden...
...reputation for hard drinking was still alive and well," then describes Bailey rambling one night after a few drinks. He continues to suggest that Bailey was the defense-team sieve, responsible for leaking stories to the New York Daily News and Simpson's original police interview to the tabloid Star, an interview in which, according to the Darden book, a disoriented Simpson was unable to explain his cut hand and unwilling to take a lie detector test. "I'm sure eventually I'll do it," Simpson tells detectives Philip Vannatter and Tom Lange. "But it's like...
...press has for the most part left William alone at Eton, but he was considered fair game when he ventured into London recently to attend a tony teenage ball. The tabloid Sun promptly established a hot line for girls who had kissed the prince, recently deemed "very fanciable" by the editor of a teen magazine that ran his picture as a pinup...