Why is the British Tabloid Press dominated by stories of celebrities? Do you think that the Press Complaints Commission does enough to control this?

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Why is the British Tabloid Press dominated by stories of celebrities?  Do you think that the Press Complaints Commission does enough to control this?

The British Tabloid Press is the most popular press in Britain.  With papers like The Sun, The Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror among the most popular.  Recently the tabloid papers have been dominated with stories of celebrity scandals and gossip.  You cannot open a tabloid paper without finding a story about a celebrity.

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There are many different types of scandal.  Quite a lot of stories are to do with sex.  For example, the alleged rape of Ulrika Johnson.  This kind of story would catch the reader’s attention and sell more papers.  Another example of scandal is drug/alcohol abuse, an article, which shows this is Liam Gallagher’s alleged drunken fight in Germany.  

Some areas of scandal are to do with violence and crime.  I think that these stories should be exposed to the public because the celebrities deserve to be named and shamed.  However, stories to do with celebrities’ health should ...

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