red-top
noun[C]
UKukusapopularnewspaperthatsellsalargenumberofcopies:
He hasinterestsin both thequalitybroadsheetsand the red-tops.
the red-toppress
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The people are not persuaded by the rule of law, because if thered-topmedia are cynical about us, what do they say about judges?
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A symptom is thatred-topnewspapers are all losing circulation while that of the quality papers is increasing, a helpful and hopeful sign.
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People voting with their feet and their pockets against such journalism will always be the way of dragging the rudestred-toppapers back out of the gutter.
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I expect that, in due course, thered-toptabloids will print pictures of piles of dead dogs and say that that is what has been done.
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Labidochromisred-topkimpuma -a long time wait pays off.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thered-toplook of the site means there have been cases of the sites fictional, parodical news stories being misinterpreted as real news items.
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