quotations about tabloids
The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers. It's like blaming a scorpion for not being moral. They just sting people. That's what they do. Sometimes they might sting someone who deserves it. But it's not through any moral imperative.
STEVE COOGAN
"Steve Coogan: Why I won't let News Corp off the hook", The Guardian, September 5, 2011
Other tabloids are just dumb, you know? Us Weekly is so dumb that it's brilliant.
EMILY GOULD
"What We Lose if We Lose Us Weekly", Vanity Fair, May 4, 2017
If the tabloids are true what are you?
MATTHEA HARVEY
If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em.
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE
"Knoxville raises heck in 'Hazzard'", Today, August 3, 2005
With such a large array of information available to people, the conservative British tabloids are now the equivalent of an aul fella shouting in the corner of a pub.
UNA MULLALLY
"Corbyn's success is a result of youth discontent", Irish Times, June 12, 2017
In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.
LEWIS H. LAPHAM
Waiting for the Barbarians
Right now, the tabloids are saying I'm pregnant, and they're naming the baby. It's hilarious.
BEYONCÉ
"Crazy in Love: A Comprehensive Timeline of Jay Z and Beyoncé's relationship", Time, June 19, 2017
And the worst part is, in terms of what people see of me, I have become this girl who just loves to be photographed, doesn't know how to focus, doesn't know how to work on set, just loves the attention, knows how to go out at night, knows how to party. And you know what? I was 20 years old. I never went to college. And I lived maybe six months out of my life like that, doing something wrong, and then I stopped. God forbid I should have ever learned my lesson. But at this point it's so hard for people to even believe that there was a lesson to be learned at all, because they just think I'm wrong. All these people think I'm never going to be right, because it's more interesting to fabricate this other girl. Who wants to read a tabloid story about a girl who is doing well?
LINDSAY LOHAN
Interview Magazine, January 2009
I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.
BEN AFFLECK
"Ben Affleck: Alone in Tinseltown", The Independent