tabloids
Sensational news sheets
Tabloids are newspapers characterized by sensational headlines, celebrity gossip, and scandal-driven coverage rather than serious journalism.
The term comes from the smaller page format these papers traditionally used, half the size of broadsheets.
The tabloids had a field day with the politician's affair.
Tabloid as an adjective describes anything with that sensationalist quality: tabloid journalism, tabloid TV.
Aggressive celebrity photographers
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- famePublic recognition, widespread
- stardomCelebrity status achieved
publicity · notoriety · Hollywood · affair · breakup · divorce · wedding · baby bump
Made larger than reality
- luridShockingly vivid or gruesome
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- shockingCausing intense surprise
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
provocative · hyperbole · yellow journalism · muckraking · clickbait · salacious · breathless · overblown
Displayed strip with message
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- splashyOstentatiously eye-catching
- boldCourageous and daring
- front-pageTop newspaper coverage
shocking · exclusive · breaking · bombshell · exposé · revealed · caught · scandal
Unconfirmed circulating story
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- buzzContinuous low drone
- scoopFirst-reported story
innuendo · speculation · dirt · tittle-tattle · blind item · source · insider · unnamed
Printed periodical of current events
- publicationIssued written material
- printTransfer text to paper
- newsstandBooth selling periodicals
- circulationMovement through a system
supermarket · checkout · Fleet Street · reporter · columnist · editor · photographer · publisher
paparazzi
Aggressive celebrity photographers
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- famePublic recognition, widespread
stardom · publicity · notoriety · Hollywood · affair · breakup · divorce · wedding · baby bump · red carpet
exaggerated
Made larger than reality
- luridShockingly vivid or gruesome
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- shockingCausing intense surprise
titillating · provocative · hyperbole · yellow journalism · muckraking · clickbait · salacious · breathless · overblown · inflammatory
banner
Displayed strip with message
front-page · shocking · exclusive · breaking · bombshell · exposé · revealed · caught · scandal · shocker
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
scoop · innuendo · speculation · dirt · tittle-tattle · blind item · source · insider · unnamed · alleged
newspaper
Printed periodical of current events
- publicationIssued written material
- printTransfer text to paper
- newsstandBooth selling periodicals
circulation · supermarket · checkout · Fleet Street · reporter · columnist · editor · photographer · publisher · rag
- celebritycelebs, stardom, A-list, A-listers, movie stars
- British MediaBBC, Fleet Street, broadsheets, The Guardian, The Times
- lowbrowreality TV, gossip magazines, trash TV, celebrity gossip, schlock
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, video
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- magazinesmagazine, issue, periodical, publication, design magazine
tabloidsquality press
investigative journalism · The New York Times · The Guardian · The Washington Post · Reuters
- tabloid pressSensationalist news publications
- tabloid journalistSensational press reporter
- tabloid journalismSensational news prioritizing shock
- tabloid headlineSensational front-page text
- tabloid starsFamous people covered sensationally
- tabloid cultureSensationalist media environment