"I watched a wild hog eat my baby!"
Subtitle: a colorful history of tabloids and their cultural impact
By: Bill Sloan.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Tabloid newspapers -- United States; Sensationalism in journalism -- United States
Description: The supermarket tabloids have been the strongest influence of the past hundred years on the overall direction and philosophy of America's mass media. Tabloid veteran Bill Sloan tells why it happened, how it happened, and who made it happen. He explains how the supermarket tabloids have affected all of us--even if we've never so much as picked one up on our way through the checkout line.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241) and index.