I think there's a value to being slow and careful when dealing with source material from a foreign news environment that is prone to tabloidism
Thanks for helping inform us all. Most of what I learn of the situation right know is through ppl who are thoughtfully informing us on bluesky. The main news sources are meh.
December 6, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I think there's a value to being slow and careful when dealing with source material from a foreign news environment that is prone to tabloidism
I wrote about the Bari Weiss take over of CBS News as part of a broader trend away from the pretense of liberal institutionalism into a genuinely post-reality tabloidism, marked by AI slop, unsophisticated Trumpian-Likudite propaganda and consolidation of traditional and social media.
The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social
Bari Weiss and the post-liberal media order
The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality.
therealnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I wrote about the Bari Weiss take over of CBS News as part of a broader trend away from the pretense of liberal institutionalism into a genuinely post-reality tabloidism, marked by AI slop, unsophisticated Trumpian-Likudite propaganda and consolidation of traditional and social media.
Hysterical tabloidism.
August 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hysterical tabloidism.
WSJ turns into tabloidism.
August 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
WSJ turns into tabloidism.
Tabloidism
unadulterated Tabloidism
unadulterated Tabloidism
May 19, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Tabloidism
unadulterated Tabloidism
unadulterated Tabloidism
She's accelerating her path into political tabloidism but that's always what she was gonna do anyway.
September 20, 2024 at 7:32 PM
She's accelerating her path into political tabloidism but that's always what she was gonna do anyway.
most viral thing ive posted this week is basic govt data but people insist you can't "sex up" information without lying and i think thats bullshit
(i know this is very small scale but i just like to point out the liberal aversion to tabloidism is counterproductive and it could save us)
(i know this is very small scale but i just like to point out the liberal aversion to tabloidism is counterproductive and it could save us)
17 democratic senators voted to confirm this woman as labor secretary
August 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
most viral thing ive posted this week is basic govt data but people insist you can't "sex up" information without lying and i think thats bullshit
(i know this is very small scale but i just like to point out the liberal aversion to tabloidism is counterproductive and it could save us)
(i know this is very small scale but i just like to point out the liberal aversion to tabloidism is counterproductive and it could save us)
I’ve heard the British press is even worse than ours when it comes to tabloidism and propagandizing. I guess we’re about to find out.
June 27, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I’ve heard the British press is even worse than ours when it comes to tabloidism and propagandizing. I guess we’re about to find out.
Fascinated by The News Agents.
Sopel, Maitlis & Goodall are all connected the Tony Blair Institute—they're its de facto media arm.
They're branded like the Huff Post but with a layer of British tabloidism. They play dumb about the influence of the press in agenda setting.
They *are* centrism.
Sopel, Maitlis & Goodall are all connected the Tony Blair Institute—they're its de facto media arm.
They're branded like the Huff Post but with a layer of British tabloidism. They play dumb about the influence of the press in agenda setting.
They *are* centrism.
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Fascinated by The News Agents.
Sopel, Maitlis & Goodall are all connected the Tony Blair Institute—they're its de facto media arm.
They're branded like the Huff Post but with a layer of British tabloidism. They play dumb about the influence of the press in agenda setting.
They *are* centrism.
Sopel, Maitlis & Goodall are all connected the Tony Blair Institute—they're its de facto media arm.
They're branded like the Huff Post but with a layer of British tabloidism. They play dumb about the influence of the press in agenda setting.
They *are* centrism.
Failed, former Conservative MP Michael Gove took over as editor on October 2024. Hedge Fund Manager and co-owner of GB news is it's owner too, I think.
"Conflict of interest journalism again"
Hence the descent into childish tabloidism.
"Conflict of interest journalism again"
Hence the descent into childish tabloidism.
March 26, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Failed, former Conservative MP Michael Gove took over as editor on October 2024. Hedge Fund Manager and co-owner of GB news is it's owner too, I think.
"Conflict of interest journalism again"
Hence the descent into childish tabloidism.
"Conflict of interest journalism again"
Hence the descent into childish tabloidism.
the evils of tabloidism
January 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
the evils of tabloidism
This is a good summation of the difference between real news and tabloidism. A focus on celebrities, a taste for stoking paranoias, a dismissal of deep reporting because 'everybody already heard of that.' Bari's a candy-obsessed little kid who wants to live in a world of chocolate.
An editor who thinks novelty is having a town hall with Alan Dershowitz, or publishing the thousandth anti-woke story, doesn’t think having first hand testimony of migrants suffering abuse because of US decisions is newsworthy.
Bari Weiss, cont'd: "I held that story because it wasn't ready. The story presented very powerful testimony of abuse in CECOT, but that testimony has already been reported... The public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment in this prison... we simply need to do more."
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is a good summation of the difference between real news and tabloidism. A focus on celebrities, a taste for stoking paranoias, a dismissal of deep reporting because 'everybody already heard of that.' Bari's a candy-obsessed little kid who wants to live in a world of chocolate.
Uniquely grotesque. And a lot of the tabloidism and unprofessionalism embraced by US media comes directly from UK hires to replicate it
August 15, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Uniquely grotesque. And a lot of the tabloidism and unprofessionalism embraced by US media comes directly from UK hires to replicate it
Blue Peter might not be going out live any more - and let's be honest, it was a miracle that it still *did* - but despite everyone using that dreadful tabloidism 'axed', it will still be on BBC2. So if you want it to *stay* on BBC2, the solution is literally in your hands.
March 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Blue Peter might not be going out live any more - and let's be honest, it was a miracle that it still *did* - but despite everyone using that dreadful tabloidism 'axed', it will still be on BBC2. So if you want it to *stay* on BBC2, the solution is literally in your hands.
BBC overall is great. Much more than just TV.
The news dept is not great; its slide into tabloidism is embarrassing.
The news dept is not great; its slide into tabloidism is embarrassing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BBC overall is great. Much more than just TV.
The news dept is not great; its slide into tabloidism is embarrassing.
The news dept is not great; its slide into tabloidism is embarrassing.
Yeh, they just can't help their tabloidism showing can they?
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Yeh, they just can't help their tabloidism showing can they?
Tabloidism
and tabloidism is driven by Marketing, writ large
The buyer always has the onus to beware,
but then again,
the buyer doesn’t >have< to go to that outlet at all.
and tabloidism is driven by Marketing, writ large
The buyer always has the onus to beware,
but then again,
the buyer doesn’t >have< to go to that outlet at all.
I’ll reserve judgment until the segment airs but framing this as even being a question is immediately sus
While the Trump administration places limits on migrants and refugees, there is one group of refugees the Trump administration is welcoming: White South Africans. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com
February 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Tabloidism
and tabloidism is driven by Marketing, writ large
The buyer always has the onus to beware,
but then again,
the buyer doesn’t >have< to go to that outlet at all.
and tabloidism is driven by Marketing, writ large
The buyer always has the onus to beware,
but then again,
the buyer doesn’t >have< to go to that outlet at all.
There's a reason it wasn't broadcast at the time and it looks like vulgar tabloidism to do it now.
September 5, 2024 at 9:15 PM
There's a reason it wasn't broadcast at the time and it looks like vulgar tabloidism to do it now.
Somehow, Sky didn't interview many (any?) working family farmers. They went out to ogle tractors and talked to people that are cosplay farmers, and assorted cranks parasitic on the demonstration. Bizarre tabloidism.
December 13, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Somehow, Sky didn't interview many (any?) working family farmers. They went out to ogle tractors and talked to people that are cosplay farmers, and assorted cranks parasitic on the demonstration. Bizarre tabloidism.
Tabloidism...no cure.
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tabloidism...no cure.
Tabloidism
Note that Donald Trump thinks that Karoline Leavitt, who hid the full extent of her campaign finance debt for years and who had ties to convicted fraudster Guo Wengui, is worthy of security clearance, but not military hero Mark Milley.
Here's her tie to Wengui.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here's her tie to Wengui.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's new press secretary was paid for articles praising a con man
Before Guo Wengui was charged in a massive fraud scheme, his followers commissioned Karoline Leavitt to byline fawning op-eds.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Tabloidism
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Smug, self righteous, boorish, RW centrist conservative from Murdoch Sky stables of tabloidism says what???
Yeah, nah
HARD PASS FROM ME
Smug, self righteous, boorish, RW centrist conservative from Murdoch Sky stables of tabloidism says what???
Yeah, nah
HARD PASS FROM ME
"We are at a genuine crossroads, with trust in politics and institutions fast eroding. We need real solutions to raise the democratic literacy levels of all Australians."
Patricia Karvelas looks at the threats to social cohesion, and how to tackle them:
Patricia Karvelas looks at the threats to social cohesion, and how to tackle them:
How to save democracy
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
March 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Smug, self righteous, boorish, RW centrist conservative from Murdoch Sky stables of tabloidism says what???
Yeah, nah
HARD PASS FROM ME
Smug, self righteous, boorish, RW centrist conservative from Murdoch Sky stables of tabloidism says what???
Yeah, nah
HARD PASS FROM ME
As a Boomer growing up with some of the journalistic greats, Murrow, Cronkite, Rather, etc., the disintegration of our media into tabloidism and lack of fact is horrifying to me.
November 26, 2024 at 1:56 AM
As a Boomer growing up with some of the journalistic greats, Murrow, Cronkite, Rather, etc., the disintegration of our media into tabloidism and lack of fact is horrifying to me.
Put another way: the civil-rights version of supermarket tabloidism has got to be the most jarring kind. Our team, and I personally in past, have spent more time than we should have to over decades trying to clean up false impressions it leaves. It’s not like the facts aren’t devastating enough.
Precise words matter in journalism. There’s just no excuse for using misleading, passive and vague words and headlines that lead to sensationalistic and false conclusions.
Come on.
Come on.
I know most people are just reacting to annoyingly vague headlines, but there's no mystery why old Klan items were found in a briefcase in the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
They're old investigation materials, not evidence of modern klansmen lurking in the halls of MDPS.
They're old investigation materials, not evidence of modern klansmen lurking in the halls of MDPS.
March 25, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Put another way: the civil-rights version of supermarket tabloidism has got to be the most jarring kind. Our team, and I personally in past, have spent more time than we should have to over decades trying to clean up false impressions it leaves. It’s not like the facts aren’t devastating enough.