Tabloids

Tabloids are generally highly opinionated and consist of gossip and highly scandalous "news" about high profile people.

Although there may be some facts within the tabloid article, they are usually twisted to sound either positive or negative.

An example of a tabloid is The New Paper. After taking a look through it, I realised that it was completely useless. Some people may not agree as it has a Sports section, but it appears to be the only useful section. Although this may sound bad, there are worse examples not found in Singapore. In fact, they are so scandalous that some of their websites are banned in Singapore.

A tabloid article headline usually phrases the event in question in a way that gets people to wonder whether it is true, and gets the people to read on. Thus, this how a tabloid article attracts viewers.

As Singaporeans are highly conservative, many readers are often left wondering whether the article is true.