Royals and American media coverage

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Saw this cover posted on Twitter and noted that it seems the tabloids do indeed exist in the US (amazing, huh?). This is pretty much what you'd expect from the source, and I think it's pretty deplorable, but I am interested to see how the American media in general cover the presence of the former royals who've now arrived to make their home there. Of course we can discuss their coverage of other Royals too and related topics. All welcome.

Link to cover story - please note I'm not endorsing it, I'm just sharing it:
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Wow that’s harsh

*meant about harsh about Meghan being called a phoney..

Urg let me try that again. It’s harsh to label Meghan a phoney

I think the influencers wearing facemasks as bikinis are worthy of comment - I think it's terrible. Is that misogynistic? According to Seneca it is. But then isn't Seneca doing what she's accusing others of doing - those that dare say M is posing when she cradles her bump? In other words Seneca is trying to control my thoughts and to control my words - isn't that misogynistic? There seems to be a movement that you can't say anything about anyone at all these days, no criticism however slight, without being accused of misogyny or racism when sometimes it is justifiable criticism. Just ridiculous. Specious arguments. I don't want a world where the thought police are in control.

Urg let me try that again. It’s harsh to label Meghan a phoney

What do you think these threads are about?

@lizzie1970a do tell what are they about?

First of all chrissel you said this about H touting for private work for M on the red carpet when they were still in the RF: How she got that role does not really concern me

Then later you said this: This was a poor judgement call on his part

Strange to change your mind.

chrissel - please don't ask me to do your homework in such a sneaky way, why don't you read them? Form your own opinion?

Chrissel I think you sound like a #BeKind sort of person - to say calling someone is harsh is just strange. We're not 8.

Highly amused at The Enquirer being considered a newspaper like the Daily Mail - the DM must be feeling the hurt there.

The american media in general (like real newspapers - Boston Globe/New York Times/Washington Post etc) don't care much at all about british royals - they'll run a few stories a bit down the page - like at the weddings etc but not in any real news sense.

No one here really knows who is who in the royal family, bar the queen. They possibly would if they thought about it but they generally don't. Even when this CV19 thing is over (please let it be over), the US newspapers won't care much about harry and Meghan and the american public won't either - a bit maybe but not much. That ass Trump is talking about america praying for Boris Johnson. His base hardly know who he is.

But this is just another Meghan bashing thread - right. It was easier to spot them when you numbered them.

@lizzie1970a you asked me a question and I asked you a question back. How is that sneaky?

How would you know what kind of person I am btw? Absolutely no need for you to come for me on a personal level. What’s a #bekind of person anyway?. And no I’m not 8, is this supposed to be some kind of insult?.

@chrisseldah1 Were Diana and Kate constantly criticised for holding their bump when pregnant ?

Did Diana actually hold her baby bump? I'm of a similar vintage to her, and holding your baby bump wasn't a big thing then: touching it, resting your hand on it, resting a drink on it as I remember my sister-in-law doing, etc, but not cradling it.

I did a quick search, and most of the photos just show Diana coincidentally touching her baby bump, not actually holding it or making a production out of it. Nothing wrong with Diana making a production out of it if she wanted to, but I can't help but wonder if it actually did happen.

This article seems to show typical Royal bump holding: www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/gallery/2018121265544/royal-pregnant-women-holding-bumps/1/

@chrisseldah1

Here is what I pulled from Elephants Without Borders instagram -

Disneynature’s Elephant, an Original Movie narrated by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, starts streaming April 3, only on DisneyPlus!

Elephants Without Borders (EWB) is delighted to be involved with the Disneynature Film “Elephant” and to help share the amazing story of elephants. EWB extend enormous gratitude to the Disney Conservation Fund for choosing our organization as the beneficiary for the film, enabling support for communities living alongside many of the elephants featured in the film.

The partnership and support it provides, will directly help elephant conservation and empower these communities. We are excited and immensely grateful for this incredible opportunity, which will enable us to continue our efforts in support of local communities and their coexistence with elephants.

&Harry and Meghan’s dedication to conservation is inspiring. Together, we will continue to work to conserve Africa’s natural heritage, with a focus on empowering the people who coexist with elephants. Everyone at EWB is grateful for their friendship and their unwavering support of our efforts to conserve this iconic species.
Harry and Meghan have both visited us in Botswana, and have no doubt that their passion and dedication will mean they continue to use their platform to make our world a better place. Thank you Meghan, because of you, this film brings knowledge and information to a global audience which in turn brings them closer to elephants. The impact will be global, reaching schools, more homes and more countries.^

Nowhere does that state that MM donated her narration fee (which is separate from the Disney Conservation Fund) to Elephants Without Borders.

Highly amused at The Enquirer being considered a newspaper like the Daily Mail - the DM must be feeling the hurt there.

No one claimed The Enquirer is a newspaper. On the contrary. I believe the assertion is that the DM is, like The Enquirer, a tabloid, albeit, a tabloid with a Pulitzer prize.

But this is just another Meghan bashing thread - right. It was easier to spot them when you numbered them.

Yet here you are. Incidentally, there was no MM bashing until Seneca showed up.

Oops - multitasking - I mean the latter, albeit, a tabloid with a Pulitzer prize.

yeah, people regularly think of pulitzer prize when they think of the enquirer (although I do applaud them for their coverage of John Edwards 10 years ago).

The Enquirer isn't considered a newspaper- tabloid or otherwise by anybody reasonable in the US. The DM is heading the way of the Enquirer - but it isn't there yet. No one I know in the US would consider referencing the enquirer as anything other than a joke --- maybe saying "well you know they got John Edwards right! but it isn't a journal or a newspaper or anything remotely approaching them. I think the DM and the Sun still have some faint hope to be taken half-way seriously as newspapers. The enquirer isn't even sold in the same spot as actual newspapers.

By the way can you send me the link to the Enquirer actually winning a pulitzer prize?

It doesn't really matter what people think. The Enquirer(!) won a Pulitzer prize. Further, it is a supermarket tabloid, and that's how it is commonly referred to in the US.

No one here stated The Enquirer should be used as a reference for anything. The point was that the US tabloids would pursue stories about H&M, i.e., that moving to Los Angeles would not stop stories, and in fact, as we have seen, in the US, they will fabricate stories with just a kernel of truth, because the standards for winning a defamation suit are far higher in the US.

Not American media, but a new story -

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/07/harry-and-meghan-to-launch-new-charitable-outfit

Supermarket tabloid in the US does not mean the same thing as tabloid in the Uk - two nations divided by a common language don't you know. Common mistake between UK and US.

Not sure why the enquirer shouldn't be used as a reference for anything on this thread since the thread was started with a link to the Enquirer? Was I supposed to think the OP was talking about some other actual newspaper?

Yeah there will be a bit about the sussexes in the newspapers here - the lower the market the more there will be. It won't be anything like the british tabloid response - mostly because there are far more people to interest the US readership and they don't have the hunger to sink their teeth into the royal family of the UK - not being that bothered by them.

By the way I really wish that posters would send us a link to the National Enquirer winning a Pulitzer Prize. I'm finding it hard to find but would love to read about it.

I did admire them for their coverage of John Edwards (he deserved it). Not so much for their work in supporting Trump.

I am not in the UK and never have been. I have spent a considerable amount of time (years) in the US, mostly in the northwest. The National Enquirer, The Globe, The National Examiner, and the now defunct Weekly World News. I consider US, InTouch, Star, and People to also be tabloids as well, although many do not consider People to be a tabloid.

oops - The National Enquirer, The Globe, The National Examiner, and the now defunct Weekly World News are all supermarket tabloids, and referred to where I lived (and still have family).

The National Enquirer did not win a Pulitzer. There was some discussion that it might for its investigative work on the John Edwards story. But it didn't win.

These Americans all believe the National Enquirer is a tabloid -

www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanberr/2019/04/11/son-of-national-enquirer-founder-wants-to-buy-supermarket-tabloid/#5afc11dc187c

www.wsj.com/articles/james-cohen-agrees-to-buy-national-enquirer-for-100-million-11555609554

www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-12-27/tabloids-how-do-they-survive

www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/business/dealbook/national-enquirer-sale.html

money.cnn.com/2018/03/02/media/poll-national-enquirer-donald-trump/index.html

slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/06/i-believe-the-national-enquirer.html

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/tabloid-newspapers-trump-media-propaganda-214627