This subject has really bothered me for along time and I guess today is the day I have had enough.
News is one thing, even though it is usually tainted and slanted depending on the source, but the quest for the entertainment scoop has reached yet another level.
The Princess Diana fiasco is when I starting paying attention to this and there have been many since. This past weekend it was the Travolta family. Not only do these poor people have to bury their son but also have everything they believe in get dragged through the mud and be picked apart. It is absolutely none of our business and we should not be this interested. Do we care if Amy Winehouse goes to rehab or is Lindsey Lohan is a lesbian or not? I know that I sure do not. I must admit I do get a chuckle out of the headlines when I am in the check out lane at the store but I have no intention of ever purchasing a tabloid in this lifetime. The fact that this garbage scrolls by on my computer screen every time I login to check my email is bad enough.
Am I foolish to think that the world might be a better place without these poor excuses for a newspaper?
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Money is why there are those newspapers, and no I do not buy them.
But my father did! When he was alive he loved those things, like most of our society does.
A price these celebrities pay, that is selling there privacy, making a fortress (prison) out of there homes! Have to vacation outside the USA just for a little peace.....
What a shame. Now ask people do you really want to be a celebrity?
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I don't read them, I think they are an invasion into personal space
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I think that some people like all the tabloid news but there is a time and place for everything and seeing it everytime you turn on the tv or look at a newspaper it gets a bit irritating!
Great article!
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I have found a great use for tabloid papers. There's a device that rolls newspapers into logs for burning in your fireplace or for using as kindling. It works great! AND it's cheaper than buying the other starter logs which run about $6 or $8 dollars for 3 logs.
Maybe we could help rid the world of the tabloids by transforming them into logs!
Great post, Teresa.
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10 for you.
There is an element in our society who BELIEVE all those crazy newspaper selling headlines and that's why they exist. It would be nice if someday the majority of our citizens grew up, but I'm not holding my breath. Sadly, real pain, real tragedy, and real death has occurred due to those articles, which is why they will never, ever get my money. I cheer when they lose in court because their pocketbook is their only vunerable spot. They have no heart.
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Any way Thanks for the friend evite! I hate tabloids and bull crap writing... It like getting the ABC"S wrong on a daily basis... Irritating! heheh
I accept with honors your friendship and I loved your article and even if i did not love your article I will fight to the death for your right to write it!!! Ok that was from Family Guy I am going crazeeee this am folks .... Good Morning.
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However, I will say that I think it's okay for journalists to dig when they smell a rat. For instance, if there were foul play involved in Princess Diana's death--or even a chance of it--it's the duty of the journalist not to keep quiet. Too many people kept quiet back during the Nazi regime, and, as a result, six million Jews and five million more people seen as too different or as useless feeders ended up being exterminated. It could have been stopped!
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It's quite a sad statement on our spiritual evolution, HOWEVER, there is always hope that we'll kick ourselves past the nonsense and refocus on what is truly important for us to know about the world and the persons who make it move =)
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They should sponser professional debates and think tanks over every subject available. It would draw a big crowd as the American public want to be educated. I want to know the nitty gritty on how tax cuts and raises affect business. I want to talk about the details on why businesses go over seas. I reaslize the wages paid out is less ... but I want to know more. All of us do.
I've sent emails to Fox and CNN but no response.
I would like to hear everything debated, not by politicians, but professionals; and under rules that allow each to lay out their ideas and then retut without interference.
Enough of this gossipy garbage put out as news.
I think it's just disgusting how the media/tabloids hound those people. Especially when they are dealing with a tragedy or personal problem. I don't waste my time nor my money on them. They're trash.
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I cant stand gossip of any kind and I hate it when people only talk about gossip it is so unkind and it hurts too many
Gossip is good but they go too far with it!!!