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Old 16-11-2010, 18:01
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how many people here actually believe what they read in all of these? or do they only want to believe those that are dissing people they dislike? i cant imagine how any fully grown adult could believe the crap that they come up with, but after reading threads and comments on here i realise just how much these tabloids influence people on a day to day basis i thought we lived in a society were people can form an opinion on what they see, not what the tabloids are trying to make you see. i guess not.
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Old 16-11-2010, 18:03
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How do you know someones opinion you read here isnt their own opinion? You just assume because its similar to a news story you read that THEY copied the paper.

Personally i think Katie is an overdramatic so and so and many other things. I didnt get this opinion from any paper. Nor do I get my opinions on anything else in life from a peper. Ok, maybe a paper shares my view and i accept that but it still doesent mean im being influenced.
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Old 16-11-2010, 18:13
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How do you know someones opinion you read here isnt their own opinion? You just assume because its similar to a news story you read that THEY copied the paper.

Personally i think Katie is an overdramatic so and so and many other things. I didnt get this opinion from any paper. Nor do I get my opinions on anything else in life from a peper. Ok, maybe a paper shares my view and i accept that but it still doesent mean im being influenced.
i was talking more about the ones who believe everything they read, i am aware that people can make an opinion on what they see, and are not influenced by magazines and things, there for you wouldnt be some one i am talking about i am talking about the ones who hate certain people, and everytime they have been 'quoted' as saying something the haters jump on the band wagon and keep talking about it as if they no for certain that it is the truth, but really the only reason they 'believe' it is because it is about someone they dislike.

i hate katie and cher, but i no full well that most, if not all that is written about them is bull sh!t, as i also believe is the case with matt.
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Old 16-11-2010, 18:16
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I agree! There are a lot of people who believe negative things written in the press which is convenient to them if they don't like the person! But as soon as there is negative press about the same peoples favourites, it's obviously made up!

Obviously, not everyone sees it this way thankfully!
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Old 16-11-2010, 18:18
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I agree! There are a lot of people who believe negative things written in the press which is convenient to them if they don't like the person! But as soon as there is negative press about the same peoples favourites, it's obviously made up!

Obviously, not everyone sees it this way thankfully!
i new i couldnt be the only one
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Old 16-11-2010, 18:57
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I'd bet mt bottom dollar that the makers of the show and the print media collude to plan/write the articles 2/3 weeks in advance. Wouldn't surprise me if print media side actually had a modicum of influence over the general tack/direction as opposed to simply being fed the Syco line.
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Old 16-11-2010, 19:59
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Erm, the "stories" in the paper come from the CowellCorp publicity machine anyway, for the vast majority.
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Old 16-11-2010, 20:03
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Erm, the "stories" in the paper come from the CowellCorp publicity machine anyway, for the vast majority.
how do you no that? i'm not having ago, i was just wondering were you get that information
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Old 16-11-2010, 20:22
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It puzzles me too OP.
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Old 16-11-2010, 20:43
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I think a lot of articles have like a sliver of truth to them.

For example

For "Katie thinks Cheryl spends too much time with Cher and ignores her other acts"
read

Someone overheard Katie say "I wonder where Cheryl is this morning, I'd quite like to talk to her"
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Old 16-11-2010, 20:49
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how do you no that? i'm not having ago, i was just wondering were you get that information
I have good knowledge of the workings of the tabloids...

Unless the celeb stories involve actual investigative journalism (Mahzer Mamoud being a great example of one of the few real tabloid reporters) they will generally come from either PR agencies (think Max Clifford or at least someone much like him in a George from Asda suit), the TV production companies themselves or Press Association (via the above).
Very recently (the last two years) Twitter has found itself a "credible" news source for the papers too, though we must remember that a celebrity Twitter feed is often also a cog in the grand PR machine.

It's a waste of money having reporters to find real dirt when we all put up with non-stories masquerading as hot gossip that the papers get drip-fed for free.
It's just the 21st century newspaper business model, as it suits both the celebs and the media tycoons.
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