Op-Ed: U.S. Papers Engage In Tabloid Antics, Too
After 168 years of publishing, the British tabloid News of the World published its final edition on Sunday with the headline, "Thank you and goodbye." Howard Kurtz, Washington bureau chief of Newsweek and the Daily Beast, says American news outlets are also known to succumb to tabloid antics.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/07/11/137770064/op-ed-u-s-papers-engage-in-tabloid-antics-too?ft=1&f=1057