Sentence examples for tabloid practice from inspiring English sources

The payments were said to be not just for news tips, a standard tabloid practice despite its illegality, but also for substantial information, including confidential documents held by the police.

Coming on top of the phone-hacking allegations that have been levelled at some of the same journalists, today's development confirms that the British authorities are aggressively targeting another covert and disreputable but long-established tabloid practice — checkbook journalism involving payments to government employees.

The topic: dubious tabloid practices.

By contrast, the Independent contended that too many questions about corrupt tabloid practices remain unanswered.

A different Times article, this one on tabloid practices and the Murdoch phone-hacking scandal, pointed out that TMZ is owned by Time Warner, the same conglomerate that owns Warner Brothers and People magazine.

Tabloid practices have always had a corrupting effect on the public conversation, but they reached new depths under the editorship of The News of the World by Mr. Murdoch's much-favored deputy, Rebekah Brooks.

The heightened scrutiny of the tabloid practices began last summer when it was disclosed that hacking at The News of the World included the cellphone of a 13-year-old London schoolgirl, Milly Dowler, whose messages had been intercepted after she was abducted and before her body was discovered.

From years of experience, I've learned tabloid practices, however dangerous, will not change, at least not any time soon.

In an interview, he called the criminal charges "a shaming day for British journalism," but defended some of the tabloids' practices, saying that in some cases lawbreaking by journalists was defensible.

The organisation says objectifying women on the pages of the tabloid, a practice which has gone on for more than 40 years, is "disrespectful" and sexist.

Back in the 1950s, tabloid magazines' practices cost the studios money.