Meanest story nominee: Yet another premature story about the Jackie O tapes.

Publication: National ExaminerDate: 8 August 2011Okay, let's get the facts out of the way first. There are tapes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis that have not been released to the public. According to reliable sources, Caroline Kennedy will authorize their release this September.Now we are expected to believe the low rent Examiner has a source that will tell us what's on them. They promise a

Meanest story nominee: Celeste Holm's nightmare

Publication: National ExaminerDate: 8 August 2011Welcome to gossip hell, Miss Celeste Holm! I loved her so much in movies that were made before I was born, like All About Eve and Champagne for Caesar. Well now, it's the low rent Examiner that tells us her family is squabbling about her money and she may lose her home.The good news is that this is not a Brave Last Days alert for the Academy Award

We gotta collpser! Camilla's nervous breakdown.

Publication: National ExaminerDate: 1 August 2011The low rent Examiner tells us the Camilla Parker-Bowles is once again upset, or continues to be upset. If we accept the view of the Globe and the low rent Examiner, she's always in a bad mood about something. In any case, here are this week's headlines.She collapses in jealous fit over Kate"They love her! They hate me!"I created a new label

He Fought The Law Alert™: "Dog" in bloody barroom fight!

Publication: National ExaminerDate: 1 August 2011It's the dog days of summer, so this afternoon the stories are all about dogs. The low rent Examiner tells us that low rent reality TV star Dog the Bounty Hunter got into a bloody barroom brawl.And I always thought of him as a level headed and upstanding gentleman.No, wait, I must be thinking of someone else. It'll come to me.

Meanest story nominee: Willie Prison shocker!

Publication: National ExaminerDate: 1 August 2011The low rent Examiner tells a true story this week, also reported by reputable news agencies, that Willie Nelson faces jail time because as they put it, "Judge throws the book at country star".Here are the details, found online. Willie smokes the herb. We already knew that. He got caught smoking and was put on trial. He's an old guy, and a

Surprisingly nice headline of the week:R.I.P. Betty Ford

Publication: National ExaminerDate: 1 August 2011Fresh trash on Thursdays! While People did a respectful cover story on Betty Ford last week, the low rent Examiner follows suit a week later. The headline reads "Courageous First Lady at Peace", and I have a hard time disagreeing with that.I still count the low rent Examiner as one of the Three Wicked Step Sister tabloids, but to quote They Might

Dale Earnhardt Jr. "Dad's angel saved my life!"

Publication: National ExaminerDate: 25 July 2011The demographic for the low rent Examiner not only skews older, it skews towards the South, which is why they have so many stories about country singers and NASCAR. In this one, Dale Earnhardt Jr. says his Daddy's angel saved his life.Junior, I think you've got that wrong. Your daddy's angel was about winning races, and you haven't done that in