What is a
tabloid? To be honest, a tabloid (not to be confused with arespectable weekly) is that
sort of daily newspaper that does notrequire you to read or to think. It consists mainly of photos, which onaccount of their subject matter make you want to vomit or,occasionally,shed a tear (depending on the state a
reader is in, a tabloid canindeed provide great relief, for instance in severe cases ofindigestion). The text - of which there may be about 1000 characters atthe most - is irrelevant; what does count is an XXXXL-sizedphoto.Topics that such
newspapers deal with are very characteristic -they belong to the category of 'We (i.e. the editors) shall occupyourselves with what is of true importance to you (i.e. the reader whosupplies our earnings)'. And so, there follow articles about UFOkidnapping some villagers, about a whale swimming up the Vistula toCracow, and the like. In Poland, there are two newspapers based on thephoto-heavy tabloid formula: Super Express, the first of the sort onthe Polish market, and the top-selling Fakt. These newspapers, called'tabloid dailies', offer their readers light and easy content that doesnot require them to exercise their brains. Perhaps this is the key totheir popularity.
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