%% Contemporary Issues in the Media %%
The Tabloid Press: From The National Enquirer to TMZ
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Humanities
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153 words
Reading time
1 minute
- The National Enquirer
- Sensationalist news controlled by Italian mafia
- 1971: moved to Florida from New York
- 9/11: became more patriotic
- Misdeeds:
- Focuses on:
- Gore
- Entertainment scandals
- Celebrity deaths
- Disinformation
- Pays money to information sources
- Blackmails celebrities to not ruin their reputation
- Exploits jealousy of success
- Demolishes privacy of celebrities
- Deceives the public by hiding their political agenda
- Became political propaganda
- Focuses on:
- Goods:
- Promotes diversity by focusing on different celebrities
- Got some stories right
- Job:
- Controlled chaos in the office
- Highly competitive but highly paid
- Trump:
- Focuses on Trump
- Used by trump as microphone to a different group
- Consequences:
- Changed national election history
- O.J. Simpson fined
Ajitani Hifumi