Edited sentence: Dimond is not formally trained as a journalist.During the 1980s, the proliferation of popular television shows focusing on sex, crime, and gossip, such as A Current Affair, Hard Copy, and Inside Edition, led some media critics to fear that the lines between responsible journalism and sensationalism were being blurred.She has not graduated from any accredited university with a degree in journalism.She's an unvarnished tabloid reporter.These practices have had an impact on mainstream broadcast journalism, which has been charged with downplaying more serious news in order to compete for viewers and advertising revenue.These tabloid shows constituted Dimond's "training.These “tabloid television” shows, so designated because of their resemblance to supermarket tabloid newspapers, relied for their content on gossip, barely credible sources, an appeal to emotion, and the use of checkbook journalism