| Celebrity gossip is now not taken as a news item | | | | blending the two disparate worlds and offering the |
| that can be relegated to the inner pages like a | | | | news pieces as infotainment. Journalists who had only |
| footnote. The term 'Page 3' came into vogue to | | | | dealt with supposedly serious topics like sports and |
| respect and recognize the readers' growing interest in | | | | crime are actively taking up Page 3 without any |
| celeb gossip magazines and tabloids. With the coming | | | | qualms. The coming of the paparazzi scoops proved |
| of web portals and online entertainment news | | | | to be a bane for some celebrities, but now that is |
| websites, you could safely that yellow journalism has | | | | not that overbearing anyway. |
| turned a new leaf. Paparazzi scoops could now be | | | | Celebrity gossip now involves all the trappings of |
| made available to the reader in real-time updates. The | | | | journalism that give it a distinct edge of credibility. |
| coming of the internet has also made information | | | | Reporters have authentic sources of information. |
| accessible to all corners of the world. | | | | Thanks to the active social media presence of many |
| Celebrity gossip portals do not rely on dubious | | | | celebrities, entertainment news always has the first |
| sources for information anymore. They want to bring | | | | hand information about them. Twitter is the most |
| a certain amount of seriousness and credibility when | | | | predominant among the social media platforms that |
| they are reporting on celeb gossip. The meaning of | | | | celeb gossip reports are based on. Compulsive |
| the word gossip has morphed into something closer | | | | tweet-persons like Kim Kardashian and Tila Tequila |
| to news instead of remaining something seedy. | | | | publish even the most mundane daily activities on |
| Entertainment news itself has thrown off the garb of | | | | Twitter. As a matter of fact, journalists stay tuned |
| being tagged as rumors of the back alley. Suddenly | | | | on the Twitter pages of celebs, looking for updates. |
| you have reporters on beat placed outside the | | | | Celebrity gossip news items are known to be a little |
| houses of famous personalities, looking for actual | | | | sugar-coated and sometimes journalists add more |
| sound bytes and paparazzi scoops instead of | | | | than a touch of imagination while writing. Celeb gossip |
| depending on little birdies. | | | | has a lot to do with wish fulfillment as well. More |
| Celebrity gossip tends to sensationalize. That is | | | | often than not, entertainment news items are |
| where there is fabrication and distortion of facts. | | | | written without even getting out of the work station. |
| Readers like to read their gossip in a way that | | | | Readers of paparazzi scoops know this as well, so |
| entertains. They don't like entertainment news to be | | | | they prefer to check out more than one web portal |
| deadpan as the other news features that they read. | | | | before making a final call on a story. |
| To cater to this demand, yellow journalists are | | | | |
