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    Inquiring minds want to know: Who reads tabloids these days?

    by Christie D'Zurilla, Los Angeles Times Dec 30, 2019 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - So there you are in the grocery checkout line, kicking yourself for forgetting the reusable bags and wondering why you didn't just go through the self-checkout. And there they are.

    The photos. The headlines.

    "Back Together at Last! Brad & Jen: We want a BABY! 'This Is Our Second Chance.' Their secret IVF journey. Why they're in no rush to get married. Moving into their old home!"

    That is completely untrue, your rational mind says as you pick up the tabloid to kill the time. Brad and Jen were done years ago. As if they'd ever get back together. Wait, Jen's 50 - could she still have a baby at 50? It must be nice to move back into your old house ... and really, why would they get married again right now, so soon after both of them got divorced?

    "Next!!," the cashier shouts. You stuff the gossip rag back on the rack, hoping nobody noticed.

    Now you really wish you'd gone through the self-checkout.

    Such is

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