I thought the US didn’t have tabloids ? They seem to be worse than British ones
They have them, but they're not as mainstream as in the UK. Here, the invented rubbish gets into widely read press, whereas in the US it's mostly kept for the sort of rags you see at store checkouts
Which is annoying, because when locals hear a British accent it often leads to "Look at this!! Is it true?" ... as if I'd know 