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Whirl

For 60 years, the weekly Evening Whirl attacked the drug lords, whoring preachers, and hypocritical bourgeoisie of St. Louis’ black community, sometimes in rhyming Iambic couplets.

Scott Eden The Believer Nov 2006 25min Permalink

Payback

The sordid, petty world of “gossip item” sources for the New York Post and The Daily News, and what happens when they go bad.

Vanessa Grigoriadis New York May 2005 20min Permalink

Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals

Tabloid newspapers were caught hacking into the voicemails of Prince William and Prince Harry. One reporter was arrested - but an investigation shows the eavesdropping was far more elaborate and widespread.

Don Van Natta Jr. New York Times Magazine Sep 2010 Permalink