> When you say tabloid--what kinds of shows do you mean? Entertainment
> Tonight? Springer?
Oh no: Hard Copy is a classic example but there are more debatable examples. So there are tabloid elements of 60minutes (I'd say dominant ones), but it's still sold as current affairs, whereas hard copy never was -- nor is e-news, or entertainment tonight. The difference is they conced being about entertainment, whereas "tabloid" doesn't. It's been a while since I was in the States, so I'm less able to find great examples of the distinction from there.
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