Write one word in each gap
Write one word in each gap.
A TABLOID EDITOR SPEAKS
As editor of the most popular British tabloid, I need (1).....make sure we give our readers what thet want. And what do they want? Scandal. It is my job to tell the readers when a celebity has done something they should not have (2)....., or when a politician (3).....to have done something but didn't. One accusation that is often levelled at tabloids is that we think we (4)....not need to worry about the truth, but that is just not true. I have (5).....be shown proof from at least two sources before I run a story. As a newspaper, you have (6).....to get your facts right and you (7).....not print a story just because you want it to be true. There are times when, in retrospect, we (8).....not have been so careful and could have broken a story days before we did, but we (9).....to have absolute proof first. I often get asked why so many celebrities sell their stories to us. The truth is that we tell them we are going to run a story about them anyway, so they realise they might as (10).....put their side of the story across. They know they (11).....definitely have to speak out at some point, so why wait? And, let's face it, celebrities need to (12).....talked about constantly or they stop being famous, so they (13).....not complain, in my view. What I would say to celebrities and politicians that do criticies tabloids is that you (14).....not fear us if you haven't done anything wrong. But if you have, you (15).....better look out, because we are going to catch you.
A TABLOID EDITOR SPEAKS
As editor of the most popular British tabloid, I need (1).....make sure we give our readers what thet want. And what do they want? Scandal. It is my job to tell the readers when a celebity has done something they should not have (2)....., or when a politician (3).....to have done something but didn't. One accusation that is often levelled at tabloids is that we think we (4)....not need to worry about the truth, but that is just not true. I have (5).....be shown proof from at least two sources before I run a story. As a newspaper, you have (6).....to get your facts right and you (7).....not print a story just because you want it to be true. There are times when, in retrospect, we (8).....not have been so careful and could have broken a story days before we did, but we (9).....to have absolute proof first. I often get asked why so many celebrities sell their stories to us. The truth is that we tell them we are going to run a story about them anyway, so they realise they might as (10).....put their side of the story across. They know they (11).....definitely have to speak out at some point, so why wait? And, let's face it, celebrities need to (12).....talked about constantly or they stop being famous, so they (13).....not complain, in my view. What I would say to celebrities and politicians that do criticies tabloids is that you (14).....not fear us if you haven't done anything wrong. But if you have, you (15).....better look out, because we are going to catch you.