Tabloid Newspapers - Do We Need 'Em?

I saw this image on the front of a local newspaper during the week, turns out it was published in a tabloid also. Would this image jeopardize the case for the prosecution? Well this was my thought on seeing the image anyway.

http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/news/seven-charged-with-tipp-burglary-remanded-in-custody

Answering that question depends on what you think of people in general.

Some people might feel it's a good thing to keep the eager tabloid reader satisfied with a daily dose of useless gossip about what celebrity did what to whom, punned&shock!horror! headlines, tits and news stories written with a clear underlying agenda.
They might argue that people who accept such content as worthwhile should best be kept clear of more pressing issues and be left to whatever pleases them best.

Others would argue that every citizen has a right to be informed about the actual goings on in the world outside of celebrity, and that instead of filling up peoples heads with this sort of stuff, more of an effort should be made to communicate the real issues in a non biased but appealing way to the wider public.

So, it depends. I'm in the latter category.

I'd argue though, that it isn't simply tabloids giving people what they want. It's more of a case of the media creating that desire in people in the first place, and then watching the money roll in.

Don't buy the S*n

I know that folk buy the Sun for the horse racing information in the UK, my mate buys it for that, so if you frequent the bookies you won't get that sort of info in the broadsheets.

Can't ban bread + circuses, the plebeians would NOT be happy.

Absolutely not, the world would be a much better place without them.

All tabloids do is dumb down their readers, and the stories are really not all that entertaining.

They sell a lot, but would anyone admit to buying them?

TheDoc wrote: »

The internet provides factual, impartial reporting

Of course it does :rolleyes: