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Doug Bruckner
Doug Bruckner is an American television news correspondent, reporter, host, voice-over artist and producer, who is among the best-known correspondents in the history of tabloid television, well known for his exclusive interviews with notorious criminals. Career highlights A featured correspondent on ''Extra'' and ''A Current Affair'' syndicated newsmagazines, it was as senior correspondent of the outrageous ''Hard Copy'' that Bruckner became known internationally. His exclusive reporting on the Menendez brothers, Cheyenne Brando and Michael Jackson, as well as prison interviews with "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher, the Nancy Kerrigan hit men and Charles Manson, made headlines around the world. Featured as narrator of television documentary special, Shadow Operations, about work of paranormal research group Project Camelot, that aired on truTV on November 7, 2012. Supervising producer of 2009 two-hour Fox network television special, " Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage", focu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabloid Television
Tabloid television, also known as teletabloid, is a form of tabloid journalism. Tabloid television news broadcasting usually incorporate flashy graphics and sensationalized stories. Often, there is a heavy emphasis on crime and celebrity news. Global perspective The United States is not the only media market with this genre of broadcasting. Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and France all have tabloid television show that reflects this same down-market, sensationalist style of journalism and entertainment. People such as Rupert Murdoch also came out of this genre. In his book ''Tabloid Television'', John Langer argues that this type of "other news" is as equally important as the "hard news". Examples of tabloid television Popular shows of this type includes ''Hard Copy'' and ''A Current Affair''. A commonly cited example of tabloid television run amok is a series of reports in 2001 collectively dubbed the Summer of the Shark, focusing on a supposed epidemic of shark attacks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |