Half the population of Britain reads one or more tabloid newspapers every day. The industry is thriving and the tradition of tabloid journalism has even been exported to America. This is an anecdotal and documentary account of what happens in the tabloid press on both sides of the Atlantic, its ethical implications and its role in maintaining a wide-ranging, living press. paparazzi, gossip and advice columnists, astrologers and two underground reporters who specialize in sexual exposes. and she has published a biography of the journalist Walter Duranty.