Definition of "tabloid" []

• A newspaper of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually with illustrated, often sensational material. (noun)
• In summary form; condensed. (adjective)
• Lurid or sensational. (adjective)

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• "Famous defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden lashed out at Orlando ` s local media, and what she calls tabloid media on NBC ` s "Today Show" this morning, while simultaneously attacking the prosecution ` s decision to seek the death penalty."
• "Defense attorney Linda Kennedy Baden didn ` t hold back in her criticism of the local and what she called the tabloid media on NBC ` s "Today Show" this morning."
• "At 7: 30, often, there is what I call the tabloid story of the morning."