#tabloid journalism

[bl-bam-beyond]

BL- BOYS' LOVE:

Series: CANDY COLOR PARADOX aka AMEIRO PARADOX (2022, JAPAN)

This one has me already. Humor and More.

Onoe (KIMURA KIETO) is a reporter on serious stories with a sense of ethics.

His magazine decides to put him on the "stakeout team" that focuses on more salacious stories (think tabloid) pairing him with photographer Kaburagi (YAMANAKA JYUTARO) someone willing to do anything to get the story (or photography)

Considering themselves rivals there is definite conflict but by the end Onoe has fallen for the charms of the gorgeous photographer.

#CANDY COLOR PARADOX #AMEIRO PARADOX #JAPAN #2022 #BL SERIES #GAGAOOLALA #VIKI #REPORTER-PHOTOGRAPHER #TABLOID JOURNALISM #FUNNY #WATCHING ONOE RUN KILLED ME 😂😂😂😂 #I LOVE THESE TWO ALREADY #CURE ME OF ETERNAL YESTERDAY 💔 #My GIFS

[mafaldaknows]

So where was this bold declaration of the truth a year ago?

Rumors aren’t facts, yet people who believe unsubstantiated rumors even when presented with the facts can and have destroyed lives and livelihoods.

We must do a better job of defending the truth in order to combat this disturbing trend of believing allegations as if they were facts, and of pillorying the accused, without due process, in the virtual town square.

We are better than this. ⚖️💪❤️🧿

#armie hammer #andrew brettler #rumors are not facts #lies and allegations #do better #to defend the truth and defeat the lies #reading is fundamental #modern day witch hunt #virtual town square #celebrity gossip #tabloid trash #tabloid journalism #support armie hammer #tales from the charmiesphere

[irregularincidents]

One of the several inspirations for the early cartoon character Betty Boop (the others including singer Helen Kane and Esther Jones) was early silent movie actress Clara Bow, pictured above in in a terrifying butterfly ride of some kind.

Clara Bow is an interesting figure for a number of reasons, one of the more tragic of these being how she was effectively forced out of showbiz despite her at the time high level of fame due to a blackmail scheme by a Hollywood tabloid and a disgruntled employee.

Essentially, the story was thus: In 1930, Clara’s friend and former hairdresser-turned-manager-turned-secretary Daisy DaVoe stole a bunch of Clara’s personal papers and attempted to blackmail her now former friend about her personal life if she didn’t cough up some cash.

When this didn’t happen, Daisy teamed up with the Coast Reporter’s publisher Frederic Girnau to write a 60 page article, titled Clara’s Secret Love-Life as told by Daisy, where they laid out Clara’s supposed history of drug fueled bisexual orgies. They then contacted actor (and Clara’s later husband), Rex Bell, saying that if they paid Girnau $25,000 (approximately $432,797.90 in 2022 money) for the entire newspaper, they wouldn’t publish the hit piece.

Bell, acting on Clara’s behalf, refused to pay, so out of spite Girnau sent copies of the article to Will Hays (first president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, and the man for whom the Hollywood censorship code was named), Superior Court Judges, and local PTA officials. This, ironically, got Girnau in trouble with the federal government even as Bell called the cops on Daisy for her scheme, as due to the statutes surrounding mailing “obscene“ materials at the time, Girnau had violated Section 211 of the U.S. Penal Code on top of his involvement in the blackmail scheme.

Unfortunately for Clara, while it’s totally possible that the studio could have made Daisy and Girnau’s fictional tales of Clara, say, sleeping with an entire football team that included a pre-stardom John Wayne, just go away by paying them what they wanted, Bow’s decision to go to court ended up getting the content of article being made public...

And Hollywood being Hollywood, and people who already had a low opinion of Clara due to her being the poster girl for flapper girl subculture (folk taking a dim view of how young women were suddenly openly drinking, dancing to jazz, and so on), a lot of people saw the content of the article and assumed that it must be true. Because in their minds, Clara apparently having more than one boyfriend prior to her eventually marrying Rex “obviously“ means that the deliberately defamatory content of the article must be true too, right?

Daisy was eventually convicted for grand theft, as it came out in the trial that even before her extortion attempt she had been using her position as Clara’s secretary to steal thousands of dollars from the star. Girnau, meanwhile, was sentenced to eight years in prison due to the aforementioned charge related to posting obscene materials.

Clara’s career, meanwhile, was already on the decline by the time the trial started, and a combination of the stress of the trial and the enormously negative press coverage surrounding DaVoe and Girnau’s lies (as in local papers reported the claims as fact, not condemning them for making stuff up) eventually leading to her having a breakdown, resulting in a period in a sanitarium.

At the age of only 25, her career was over.

While she went on to make a few more movies (mostly due to pressure from her manager), at her request, she was released from the contract of her final movie, the pre-Hays Code noir City Streets (1931). She would eventually go on to marry Rex, and retired to a ranch in Nevada where she lived for the next few decades with her kids and dealt with bouts of poor mental health. Interviews with her following her retirement made it seem like she didn’t particularly regret her career, even if she had come to loathe public life. As she states in a 1933 interview with the Kansas City Star:

My life in Hollywood contained plenty of uproar. I'm sorry for a lot of it but not awfully sorry. I never did anything to hurt anyone else. I made a place for myself on the screen and you can't do that by being Mrs. Alcott's idea of a Little Woman.

She died in 1965 of a heart attack at the age of 60.

#irregular incidents #Crime #film history #tabloid journalism #misogyny #flappers

[apveng]

During the run-up to the Brexit vote, among other outright big lies, British tabloids screeched that, thanks to a secret conspiracy being cooked up in Brussels, the European Union would allow hordes of Turks to invade Britain, commit crimes, have too many babies and bankrupt the social services. Turkey isn’t even a member of the E.U. and is nowhere near becoming one. Brexit narrowly won, with damaging consequences still unfolding for Britain.

My impression from his memoir is that Harry wants to make a crusade of applying sunlight to corrupt media practices and his family’s participation in them. If he succeeds in fighting the vile forces that he feels contributed to his mother’s death and imperiled his newfound love, he might bring a greater sense of decency in Britain, and maybe even curtail the power of the worst practices in media. Good luck to him.

#British news #Tabloid journalism

[thedarkmongoose]

tbh i feel the same way about freddie lol

#also HATE the BiG bAd jOuRnALiSt trope #yes freddie is a trash tabloid writer #but not all journalism is like that #nicksaysboo #hannibal memes #hannibal crack #hannigram #hannibal #hannibal lecter #will graham #freddie lounds #murder husbands #fashion #Hassun #Takiawase #crack #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #meme

[superbat-love]

Gotham's Superhero Week: Bruce Wayne's Scandalous Antics! Is Romance Brewing Between Batman and Superman?

It's Superhero Week in Gotham City, and the excitement is reaching epic heights as people from all corners of the country flock to the city for the Superhero Festival extravaganza! The streets are teeming with attendees clad in their favorite superhero ensembles, ready to revel in the heroic festivities.

But hold onto your capes, folks, because Gotham's very own celebrity socialite, Bruce Wayne, has taken the city by storm! Sporting the iconic guise of Batman, the Dark Knight himself, Wayne has graced the festival to show undying support for his beloved hometown. The sight of him donning the Bat-suit and striking fabulous poses has sent shockwaves through the crowds, leaving fans in awe and paparazzi in a frenzy.

And the surprises don't end there! As the festival roars to life, Wayne takes center stage, belting out a heart-rending rendition of 'I'll Be Your Superhero.' Joining him is none other than the sensational Central City songbird, Alison Green, shimmering in the breathtaking attire of Wonder Woman! The stage ignites with their electrifying chemistry, leaving audiences craving more.

But alas, not all is smooth sailing in our Batman’s world. In an unfortunate turn of events, Wayne found himself at the short end of the stick in a boozy brawl with a belligerent “Green Lantern”. Fear not, dear readers, for salvation arrived in the form of Damian Wayne, the heir to the Wayne fortune, dressed as Nightwing, People’s Sexiest Hero Alive. With his height advantage, he swiftly put an end to the tumultuous scuffle with a nutshot, proving that perhaps not all Waynes are hopeless at combat.

And as if that wasn't enough to set tongues wagging, the Gotham gossip mill has gone into overdrive with jaw-dropping photos capturing Wayne in an intimate embrace with none other than a dashing Superman look-alike! Who is this mysterious Man of Steel? Word on the street is that he hails from Metropolis and works as a reporter. Could sparks be flying between the World's Finest superhero fans? Only time will reveal the truth behind this captivating enigma. Stay tuned, dear readers, as we continue to unravel the secrets of Gotham's Superhero Week! — Gotham Gazelle

#tabloid journalism at its finest #Batman pretending to be Bruce Wayne pretending to be Batman #dc headcanon #dc fanfic #batfam headcanons #batfam shenanigans #drabble #text post #superbat #superman x batman #batman x superman #superman/batman #batman/superman #dc #superman #batman #clark kent #bruce wayne #damian wayne #robin #nightwing #batfam #batfamily

[maxellminidisc]

Here's an alternative article on the recent hate crime against a group of Palestinian men, including the one who was stabbed in Austin that's not from the Daily Beast

#its from the bigger local paper in the city #hate crime #racism #i know some people dont like dlb cause its more tabloid style than actual journalism

[zot3-flopped]

These clowns genuinely think that every article they read is sanctioned or even written by his team. Zero understanding of how journalists work. ///

So how would the article have been written?

Showbiz Editor: Russ, I need 1000 words on why Harry Styles shaved his head.

Russ: Shall we go for the Britney angle?

Editor: No, that won't sound credible - he has no history of mental illness or even meltdowns. Friends of mine heard he just wanted to be anonymous so let's go with that. Write something about the new girlfriend too.

Russ: Got it.

#journalism #tabloid press #sometimes very controlling publicists like Tree Pain will speak off record to favoured journos #but it's rare #most of these tabloid articles are purely speculative

[lost-carcosa]

#UK politics #tax #jeremy hunt #liz truss #shitty tabloid journalism #propaganda #fuck the tories

[dougielombax]

Opinion pieces are just excuses for professional newspaper ls to publish tabloid trash.

That shit is often filled with unhinged, delusional tracts, bitter tirades written by frightened old women who hate their own grandkids, and dogwhistles up the ass.

It’s not journalism!

It’s opinionism.

And that is nothing more than reactionary garbage.

Be rid of it!

Starting yesterday.

For fuckness’ sake!

#personal stuff #dougie rambles #vent post #political crap #journalism #so called journalism #opinionism #drivel #fuck’s sake! #fuck tabloids

[wherethestoriesare]

Alright so over the last couple of weeks with the Depp vs Heard trial going in i've seen a lot of people reference the 2020 uk verdict on the Sun newspaper labelling Johnny Depp a wife beater.

i just need people to know that the sun newspaper cannot be fucking trusted as far as an ant could throw it. it is an absolute dogshit masquerading as journalism

the sun called the aids epidemic a 'us gay blood plague' & offered to pay for all gay 'poofs' to leave the country. they lied about the hillsborough disaster for 25 years & backed the lying police. they backed margaret thatcher through her whole prime ministership. they were hugely involved in the phone hacking scandal.

the sun newspaper is also incredibly powerful in the uk. it's very difficult to go up against them. that's partly why Elton John's win against them is so famous

also the laws were changed in 2013 & made it easier for newspapers to win libel cases

the Depp case in the uk was against the sun newspaper on the use of the word wife beater. all they had to do was show that any of the information they had received as journalistic sources for the story was 'substantially sufficient' for a civil case to win. they did not need to prove abuse allegations to any criminal degree to win. please read exactly what the judge concluded was 'substantially sufficient' to understand exactly what newspapers are allowed to do in the uk.

so whatever you want to say about the current case, please know that the sun newspaper is a vile piece of shit organisation & no court case will ever change that

#depp vs heard #johnny depp #amber heard #sun newspaper #uk tabloids #please remember that the uk tabloids habe a reputation for being the worst #the sun newspaper is vile rubbish #not journalism

[thethirdbear]

the 21-year-old hispanic woman’s body was discovered in the home, but her head was not.

new york post

#decapitation describe #the removal of head from body #new york post #tabloid journalism (at its finest)

[backtonormallife]

These are tabloids. They are not good sources for news, breaking or otherwise. They are good for pictures of what celebrities are wearing. That's it. They will not have the most up-to-date information on what is happening. Fergie has a book to sell. Michelle Yeoh is angling for an Oscar. US magazine is just trash. Most magazines have gone digital. A PR firm sends out a story to the wires and emails favored journalists. Ahem, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Marie Claire, etc. The fashion site runs with the PR. There is no research into facts. No finding two independent verifications, let alone three.

Formerly reputable news outlets would verify information before they did a story. No more. It's all about ratings (money) with them.

Take everything any of these outlets report with a grain of salt.

#royal #non royal #celebrity #news #journalism #gossip #tabloid

[campaignoutsider]

Boston Herald No-Show in Yankee Stadium Press Box

Boston Herald No-Show in Yankee Stadium Press Box

From our One-And-A-Half Daily Town desk The Boston Herald newsroom is so threadbare nowadays, the flailing local tabloid has turned its Red Sox beat reporter into a TV critic. Boston Globe scribe Dan Shaughnessy noted the shrink local tabloid’s Hexit™ from Red Sox road games in his piece yesterday about how the Sox are living rent-free in the heads of the New York Yankees (with last night’s…

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#Boston Business Journal #Boston Globe #Boston Herald #Boston Red Sox #Dan Shaughnessy #Don Seiffert #fading local tabloid #flailing local tabloid #Hexit™ #It&039;s Sad to Live in a One-Daily Town #Jason Mastrodonato #local tabloid #New York Yankees #One-Daily Town #shrinky local tabloid

[shinyasahalo]

GH thoughts (4/28/22)

When the tabloid photographer really pointed out a problem with news media when he said "I can spin this as you being a hero, or you being a a out of control wreck."

It's like how Paris Hilton was a victim of revenge porn but she was framed badly by the media.

#General Hospital #GH #Journalism #Tabloid #Paparazzi

[piercedthrutheheart]

articles can really just say anything they want now huh

#journalism is dead #as if you could even consider this tabloid bs to be journalism