any truthful reporters in the tabloid business?” If I do find the answer to this question then I will be surprised. It seems that if there are honest reporters, and they are not making up the stories, then it will be a harsh reality to the readers, for most of them use the tabloids as a source of entertainment and they tend to not take them seriously. My second question would be: “Where do the reporters find their stories?” Most avid readers and haters of the tabloids industry tend to believe that the stories just pop into the writers and reporters minds and they are printed...no matter how spontaneous and absurd the story may be. They tend to believe that the more outrageous the story is the more publicity and money the magazine will get.My third and most important question would be: “Are all tabloids false or do some have some truth?” This is the biggest question of them all for this is the one I hope to answer when I am done researching. Review of LiteratureThe first piece of literature is a book named “For Enquiring Minds- A Cultural Study of Supermarket Tabloids” By: S. Elizabeth Bird. Published in 1992 by the University of Tennessee Press. This book was a study in which the author, S. Elizabeth, investigated the whole tabloid cooperation. She learned about some interesting facts of the tabloid business. She claims in her book, “98 percent of celebrity articles were about mundane or minor events such as shopping sprees, romances, or rumored quarrels between spouses. In addition, the tone of the majority of the stories was positive.” She says that the tabloids try to leave the impression of the magazine to be happy so that the readers of the magazine would come back and read the fascinating lives of the stars or of the everyday person. She claims that they try not to print unhappy or sad articles so the reader will not become depressed. These types of stories tend to be a...
