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Red tops make me sick. They contain nothing worth reading. |
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The tabloids are a waste of time, although it is fun to sometimes see how ridiculous they are. They
take the tiniest story and blow it way out of proportion. It is a useless waste of time and I think
under educated people do purchase and read these more often than educated people. Educated people
have a lot more on their mind than what stars are doing what. |
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Being infatuated with people you don't know and will never meet is a waste of time. |
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Absolutely, talk about meaningless garbage! If people spent their time reading something
constructive we would have a much more intelligent country instead of the American Idol drooling
Brittany Spears worshiping clones that constitute the majority of this country. |
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This is quite justified that the tabloid newspapers are nothing but the container of juicy gossips
and scandalous news of the so called celebrities. A large number of people engage themselves in
reading this newspaper in a regular basis to have the latest update of what is going on these days
in the glamour world. Amidst the all news of these tabloids, numerous news are being said to be
untrue and spicy only to grab the reader’s attention. These tabloids are said to be only welcome
to those undereducated people. But I think that there is lot more general and educated people who
engage themselves in reading these tabloids just to get the spicy hot news of the celebrity people.
What I feel more comical is that how do people persist in reading in tabloid news papers as they
know that most of the stories are untrue? |
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Tabloids are for pathetic losers who are looking to live their worthless lives vicariously through
idiot celebrities who don't deserve to be idolized in the first place. What difference does it make
who is sleeping with who and what couple is getting divorced this week? Are people really that
shallow? |
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While one can claim that tabloids simply supply gossip and "news," they only provide scandalous and
frequently untrue fluff. They are, as the resolution states, comics for the undereducated, as well
as a waste of time and mental energy. They are completely for entertainment purposes and, for the
most part, lie to grab readers' attention. Don't buy them! |
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I think they are comics in many ways but wouldn't agree that this is just for the under-educated as
many very well educated people read them.
They do veer off reality to the more sensational and over exaggerated elements of the media but if
that's what some people want well they can have it.
The tabloids do do a lot of good with campaigns which highlight special causes ( I'm well educated
and read them if they're left on tables in cafes).
I think they do misrepresent most news stories and tend to try and manipulated people who are easy
to manipulate.
We have freedom of press here and that's good. It probably wouldn't do any of us any harm to read
them occasionally and perhaps write in with a few educated ideas and comments on their presentation
and coverage but then if readership changed would we still have the tabloids we love to hate and
pretend not to read? |
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I think tabloid newspapers are comic for both the uneducated and the educated. Tabloid newspapers
are published every month and placed in check out lines all over America. When people pick them up
and read them, they are reading a bunch of crazy stories that are usually untrue. What is funny is
that they come up with some really crazy stories and some readers actually believe it. I personally
think it is comical to watch people read them.
Tabloid newspapers are just printed lies. There may be a few true stories in them, but for the most
part, they are untrue. Their purpose is to entertain people, not inform or educate them. |
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Yeah, I would have to say they are, although I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing.
With the media for the most part only reporting on negative events nationally and across the globe,
these magazines can sometimes provide a break from all that. Granted, it lends itself to the old
adage "ignorance is bliss", but never the less, it still provides a form of escape and release,
whether it be "Wow! Sienna is looking great at the moment, I'm going to get that skirt and look just
like her!" or "Wow! Mel B has cellulite! That makes me feel so much better!".
As I say, I'm not denying the importance of factual news and current events, but I am agreeing that
tabloids are adult comics. I remember the comics I read as a child contained less nudity, gossip and
slander, but I guess as adults we learn the "ways of the world" and those sorts of things seem more
exciting. Maybe it's because of their "taboo" factor? "I can't believe she showed that in public!"
or "oh, I wish I could show that in public!". It was the same when we were kids only the stakes were
less, "I'm going to cross the road WITHOUT my Mum or Dad".
Either way, I don't think it's overly damaging (at least not to the people who read it anyway).
Admittedly, at least by what the celebrities tell us, it does have a negative impact on their lives
sometimes, so maybe that should be taken in account. Ahh, what am I saying... Who cares, read and
write what you like! |
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Education has nothing to do with it. It's a question of intelligence. Some people simply aren't very
intelligent, just like some people aren't very tall or physically vigorous. The question then, if
you are an information provider, is what do you do with them? Ignore them? That is an option. You
can simply target a narrower, more intellectually capable, section of the community.
But that leaves a vast swathe of the population without any intellectual stimulus, cut off from all
knowledge of what's going on in the world. That would be a dangerous vacuum.
It's important to attempt to address these people in some way. Creating a newspaper which uses
simple language and which sensationalizes stories is one way of appealing to this market segment. If
your newspaper is 90% spicy entertainment, you can also throw in 10% of real information.
Not all tabloids are contemptible. The Daily Mirror, for example, in the UK has employed eminent
investigative journalists such as John Pilger and Paul Foot. This shows that you can present solid
information and a progressive point of view if you simply alter your presentation appropriately.
If tabloid newspapers didn't exist, the people who read them wouldn't start reading The Guardian
instead. They would read nothing. That would be worse. |
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Tabloids cannot generally be seen as comics for adults. The majority of people who read these papers
are not looking for a good laugh or for funny storylines, but instead seek juicy gossip, that both
scandalizes and entertains.
Additionally, tabloid publishers certainly do not see their papers as comics, mainly because they
claim to print news, not fiction.
While we can certainly call into question the credibility of most tabloids and affirm that the
quality of writing in these papers is poor, publications like the Sun aim to provide people with an
easy, leisurely read, but usually make no claim to being humorous. In many ways, tabloids and comics
appeal to the same core audience--those who don't wish to put any effort into reading material that
requires thought. The key difference, however, is what these same readers expect to gain. Those that
choose tabloids often think that they are getting news, while comic enthusiasts know fiction when
they see it. |
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18 Dec 2007 23:01
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