Why tabloids are bad

Laura Matthews West Wickham, London. Warning: tabloids may contain nonsense. Sign up for the latest news and must-read features from Stylist, so you don't miss out on the conversation. Samaritans operates a hour service available every day of the year. Please note that this article was originally published in April , but has been updated throughout. Skip to content. Sign in. You may also like. Harry, sitting beside his wife during the interview, held her hand tightly.

Meghan has. Check out the many, many, many far too many examples below. Explain, then, the slew of headlines that followed. Lovely, charming, nothing to see but two old friends eating avocados and catching up. At Christmas, yes. The scandal. Anyone else rolling their eyes right now? It was all pretty desperate, quite frankly. Meghan and Harry quitting royal duties has split the internet — is it any wonder they want to step back? Lord, give us strength. They say the British media is deeply racist — not only against a biracial American actress who married a prince but also to Muslims, immigrants, Black Britons and South Asians.

By Wednesday evening, the growing criticism led Murray to resign. In print and online, British journalists went back and forth this week.

Now I work in the industry. After the Oprah interview aired, the pair — but Meghan in particular — again were in the tabloid crosshairs. Royal commentators quoted in the tabloids zeroed in on what they described as disrespect for the monarchy, even though the duke and duchess praised the queen in their interview. Back in , the two had barely begun dating when the broadsides against her began, many filled with racist and sexist tropes that drew a fierce response from her husband-to-be.

After their marriage, the torrent continued apace, including criticism that by eating avocado toast, Meghan was contributing to environmental devastation and human rights abuses. The paper had published a private letter she sent to her father, Thomas Markle, with whom she does not speak. While court rulings against the tabloids are relatively rare because celebrities are largely considered fair game, other excesses have sometimes drawn devastating rebukes.

Britons were outraged when it emerged that Milly Dowler, a teenager who was abducted and murdered, was among thousands whose voicemails were hacked. The episode triggered a judicial public inquiry into newspaper practices and ethics, centered on the tabloids.

Along with mainstream print newspapers, the tabloids have struggled in recent years with circulation and finances.