Tabloids
Created | Updated Apr 22, 2002
Not quite as exotic as the name might suggest. Just lots of little words and big pictures, most of them false. Tabloid newspapers are the product of tabloid journalists - a rare breed with no concept of propriety, though they are known to bow down to their proprietors.
Michael Jackson likes a muesli
Popemobile blasts into orbit
Child sees spirit world inside robot
Tiny can brings New York to a standstill
Chris Tarrant loses badge forever
Modified soup grows lip
Isle of Man inside a Moomin
Michael Portillo was the original dancing baby
Fighting intensifies between Henry and Thomas in vacuum war
Policemen blamed for a light ambience
Clive Sinclair may live in a tube
Brad Pitt makes desperate bid to entice planet
Krankies reappear within Church of Egg
Stannah wins stairlift to hell contract
If you suspect you may have become a tabloid journalist, bear this in mind: you can't beat a great headline. Whether shouted out by the urchins of olde London towne, or beamed to a billion active desktops, there's nothing like a good "Freddie Starr ate my hamster" to draw in the punters. Headlines are the black holes of the news industry, from which even Starrs cannot escape.
Here are a few good ones to get you started:
Michael Jackson likes a muesli
Popemobile blasts into orbit
Child sees spirit world inside robot
Tiny can brings New York to a standstill
Chris Tarrant loses badge forever
Modified soup grows lip
Isle of Man inside a Moomin
Michael Portillo was the original dancing baby
Fighting intensifies between Henry and Thomas in vacuum war
Policemen blamed for a light ambience
Clive Sinclair may live in a tube
Brad Pitt makes desperate bid to entice planet
Krankies reappear within Church of Egg
Stannah wins stairlift to hell contract
Don't forget, headlines don't have to be true.
Feel free to use the forum to suggest further sensational stories.
