What does it take to be a tabloid reporter? Bare minimum requirements demand a Harvard medical degree, five years of psychic training, and a mandatory year spent working at an… Read the rest of the article: Forget “alternative facts.” This week’s tabloids shoot for an entire alternate universe
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Peter Sheridan What do Charles Manson and O.J. Simpson have in common? Both plan to come back from the dead, according to this week's fact-challenged tabloids. Mass killer Manson is "using voodoo… Read the rest of the article: Alien coffins, Donald Trump, and Herman Munster
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Peter Sheridan You pays your money and you takes your choice with this week's tabloids. "Crooked Hillary Will Die in Jail!" screams the 'Globe' cover, with a two-page exclusive inside predicting "Hillary's… Read the rest of the article: “Crooked Hillary will die in jail!” and other tabloid stunners
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Peter Sheridan How is “fake news” constructed? This week's ‘National Enquirer’ gives us a shining example of how it’s done. Filling its cover is a somber photo of the late George Michael… Read the rest of the article: How to fake George Michael’s death, and other tabloid lies
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Peter Sheridan It’s that time of year when we look back on those we’ve loved and lost in 2016, but for the tabloids, it’s worth remembering those we haven’t lost – the… Read the rest of the article: Marked for death – and the stars who defy the tabloids.
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Peter Sheridan What happens when the tabloids hit bottom? We find out this week, when the ‘Globe’ brings us five photo-filled pages of the “worst butts in showbiz,” along with some of… Read the rest of the article: This week in the 'bloids
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Peter Sheridan The election may be over, but this week's tabloids see it as their constitutional duty to continue slinging political mud. Donald Trump has taken charge, Malia Obama is in rehab,… Read the rest of the article: “Mainstream media is the Real Fake News!” says National Enquirer
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Peter Sheridan Fidel Castro confessed on his deathbed to killing JFK, Prince Harry has impregnated his American actress girlfriend, Priscilla Presley has six months to live, and President Donald Trump will save… Read the rest of the article: Trump’s wild imaginings promulgated in tabloids alongside equally fact-challenged celebrity “news”
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Peter Sheridan We may be living in a "post-truth” culture where feelings trump facts (and Trump ignores facts) but the tabloids have been living there for years, and this week’s tabloid flights… Read the rest of the article: This week in the bloids
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Peter Sheridan Who needs fake news when we have this week’s tabloids to tell us what they think is happening in the private lives of celebrities, based on appearances alone? TV news… Read the rest of the article: Bigfoot spotted in Indonesia, and more tabloid stunners
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Peter Sheridan What are we coming to when the ‘National Enquirer’ accurately reports Donald Trump’s speech promising reforms in his “first 100 days” in office? They even add, in giant print on… Read the rest of the article: “Oswald didn’t kill JFK!” and more tabloid stunners
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Peter Sheridan Now that all that election nonsense is behind us, let’s get back to what really matters in the world: Prince Charles has seized the British throne in a palace coup,… Read the rest of the article: Do dolphins really like chilled pickle-eating celebrities? This week’s tabloid stunners.
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Peter Sheridan As Country Joe and the Fish once sang: “There ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee, we’re all going to die.” That’s the cheering message at the heart of yet… Read the rest of the article: Hillary Clinton Sparks World War 3, and other tabloid stunners.
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Peter Sheridan We’ve come to a pretty pass when the ‘National Examiner’ report that “Frozen Zombie Killers Coming to Life” is actually one of the more accurate stories in this week’s tabloids.… Read the rest of the article: Frozen zombie killers coming to life, and other tabloid stunners
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Peter Sheridan “Fight off the zombie hordes!” cries a full-page ad in this week’s ‘National Enquirer,’ featuring a hand-crafted and hand-painted shattered human skull with a bloody axe embedded in its cranium.… Read the rest of the article: Safer sex with aliens, and other tabloid stunners
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Peter Sheridan Michelle Obama is exposing Hillary Clinton’s secret sex life and financial dealings, Bill Clinton plans to live in Arkansas “to study young interns,” Prince Charles’ wife Camilla has branded William… Read the rest of the article: Weekly tabloid roundup
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Peter Sheridan The latest news – from decades past – seems to be the theme of this week’s tabloids. “Trump’s Tax Returns Revealed” screams the 'National Enquirer' cover, promising that “Hillary’s ugly… Read the rest of the article: Tabloids report on breaking news, decades after others reported it
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Peter Sheridan What do crystal bracelets inspired by Michelle Obama, a John Wayne commemorative beer stein, a viagra substitute, a Life Alert alarm, and mustache hair remover – for women – have… Read the rest of the article: ISIS is under attack from UFOs — and other tabloid stunners
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Peter Sheridan Just look at this week’s ’National Enquirer’ cover, breathlessly billed as “The story that will doom Hillary.” Under the heading “World Exclusive,” the headline screams: “Bill Groped Me On Campaign… Read the rest of the article: How low will America’s tabloids stoop to derail Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign?
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Peter Sheridan It’s hard to be disturbed by this week’s tabloid revelations that Hillary Clinton is dying, Robert Wagner has been arrested for murdering Natalie Wood, and Tom Hanks’ marriage is imploding… Read the rest of the article: Rogue planet hurtling toward a collision with Earth and other tabloid stunners