We can't get away from it. The word, "tabloid," as I understand it, refers to the size of the paper that some periodicals use. Supermarket check-out line newspapers like the Star and the National Enquirer. Perhaps that's how such sensationalism got started.

But, "tabloid" has come to mean so much more. It's also the emotional manipulation of twisted information, facts injected with shock and fear. I don't want my emotions needlessly stirred in order to sell a product!

It's often difficult to find information that's not tabloid. It's in all media. Even the weather is reported in a way that attempts to scare us.

Where are people taught to think for themselves? What percentage of the public can see through the tabloid media? Are we so accustomed to hearing the news reported with interpretation that we no longer have the ability to filter it out and look for the facts?