Tabloid journalism Tabloid journalism Tabloid journalism is a style of journalism that emphasizes sensational crime stories, gossip columns about celebrities and sports stars, extreme political views from one perspective, junk food news, and astrology. Although it is associated with tabloid-size newspapers, not all newspapers associated with tabloid journalism are tabloid size, and not all tabloid-size newspapers engage in tabloid journalism; in particular, since about 2000 many broadsheet newspapers converted to the more compact tabloid format. Tabloid journalism often concerns itself with rumors about the private lives of celebrities. In some cases, celebrities have successfully sued for libel, demonstrating that tabloid stories have
The Clarion-Ledger with the "Clarion-Ledger" incorporating the best features of the "Daily News". The purchase of both papers by Gannett essentially created a daily newspaper monopoly in Central Mississippi (Gannett also owns the "Hattiesburg American" in Hattiesburg, Mississippi), which still exists. Historically, both newspapers—"The Clarion-Ledger" and the "Jackson Daily News"—were openly and unashamedly racist, even by Deep South standards. In 1890, after Mississippi Democrats adopted a new state constitution to disenfranchise black voters, "The Clarion-Ledger" applauded the move, stating: "Do not object to negroes voting on account of ignorance, but on account of color. ... If every negro in Mississippi was a