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
Tabloid (TV program) New York's WBEN. Montreal's "Tabloid" ratings share was 11%, while Radio-Canada's French-language "Telejournal" and "Carrefour" drew a 67% share. A later "CBC Times" report indicated a rated "Tabloid" audience of 250,000 from Toronto's CBLT. In 1956, Montreal doctor E. E. Robbins wrote a critical letter to "Tabloid". It was read on the show, accompanied by Robbins' home address and MacDougal requesting viewers to "cheer him up". Robbins sued CBC after he was deluged with disruptive letters and telephone calls and prank taxi calls. The case ended with Robbins winning a $3000 settlement against CBC from the Quebec Superior Court. Host