Category: Tabloids

Why Apathetic Youth Are the Deciders of Elections

Posted on by Sierra Marlee

“Not to vote, is to vote. Not to act, is to act.” We’ve been told since we were young that voting in elections is an Americans’ civic duty. In fact, I submit that voting is the greatest blessing bestowed upon us. Consider how many countries around the world don’t allow for people to pick their […]

 

Romanticizing Treason

Posted on by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

By: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton NoisyRoom.net Robert Caplin for The New York Times: At The Washington Post, Betty Medsger was the first to report on the contents of the stolen FBI files. Now, she has written a book about the episode. Using an agency’s domestic misbehavior to undermine its external security mission is not an exercise in […]

 

America’s Fascination With Weiner, Spitzer

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

You can’t scan the news lately without hearing about Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer, their sex scandals and attempted comebacks. Both conservative and liberal news outlets are glued to covering the two fallen politicians. Everyone wants to: psychoanalyze: the cheaters. CNN found Spitzer so interesting they gave him his own political TV show after his prostitution scandal. But […]

 

Scandal (and 2011 Estate Tax?) Makes Bernie Madoff Son Choose Suicide

Posted on by Jane Jamison

Not everyone is in the desperate legal straits of the Madoff family, but I have no doubt that between now and December 31, we are going to see more of these deathly tax dodges. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is being thwarted. This is what Obamanomics is doing to this nation: death is […]

 

The Enquirer: Michelle Is Angry At Barack For Going On A Date With Oprah

Posted on by John Hawkins

Although I’ve been working the tabloid beat on and off for years, I’ve gotten away from it a bit over the last few months. Still, sometimes there’s a story that’s just so compelling, it just drags you back in. This story, on the front of the Enquirer, is a great example of what I mean… […]

 

My Stomach is Rielle-ing. Edwards Sex Tape Exists

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

I knew it did, but I was in deep, deep denial.:  The existence of a John Edwards, Rielle Hunter sex tape has now been confirmed. The Edwards sex tape is the Rielle deal Image Courtesy of The Daily Caller At least according to Diane Dimond at the Daily Beast. This alleged John Edwards/Rielle Hunter sex […]

 

Tabloid Trash Beat: Lock Up Your Mothers And Your Daughters ‘Cause John Edwards Is On The Prowl

Posted on by John Hawkins

Seldom do I give serious credence to the tabloids, but the National Enquirer’s coverage of the John Edwards story has to be considered an exception. After all, they’ve been ahead of EVERYONE ELSE, every step of the way, and they’ve been proven right time and time again. As a publication, the Enquirer may be only […]

 

The Tabloid Trash Beat: Obama Collapses Under The Strain

Posted on by John Hawkins

The National Examiner is the Ford Pinto of gossip rags. It doesn’t have the credibility (ha ha) of the National Enquirer and it’s not quite as flaky as the Globe. Still, when I saw this story on the cover, I had to have it: According to the totally unreliable folks at the Examiner, Obama is […]

 

The Tabloid Trash Beat: Rielle Hunter Vs. Elizabeth Edwards

Posted on by John Hawkins

Normally, the National Enquirer is not the most reliable publication in the world. However, they have been all over the John Edwards/Rielle Hunter story to such an extent that they obviously have an inside source. So, when I saw a story like this on the front of the Enquirer, it was a gimmie that I […]