British tabloids

I loath tabloids, I really do. I hate that kind of sensational journalism, which is only out to sell extra single copies. But then everybody has to make a living…

Martin Fletcher, NBC News Tel Aviv Bureau Chief, writes:

When I got the assignment to come to work out of the NBC London bureau I was delighted. That should make a nice change from war and mayhem in the Holy Land, I thought. After ten days, I can't wait to get back to Gaza.

But he hadn't met the British tabloids... First there was the story about Posh and Becks, then came Kate Middleton the next queen and for the last couple of days the Celebrity Big Brother. The British tabloids do know how to put things in perspective compared to other more important world events.