Watching a 1970's era French movie called "Love at the Top" yesterday, in which a man becomes a millionaire partly by acquiring a failing newspaper and turning it into a tabloid that prints only what its readers want to read thereby increasing circulation exponentially, I came to the realization that Reddit is the internet equivalent of a tabloid newspaper.

The similarity is most evident when comparing the often sensationalist and misleading titles of tabloid articles to the often misleading and sensationalist user generated titles submitted to Reddit.

Tabloids: "WOMAN DELIVERS OWN BABY WHILE SKYDIVING!"

Reddit: "Giving birth was an orgasmic experience for one woman"

Tabloids: OMAHA BIN LADEN Osama's brother rides the range as a cowboy

Reddit: Osama Bin Laden is dead since December 26, 2001. Translation of Funeral Article in Egyptian Paper.

Given the similarity between the sensationalism of many Reddit posts and the sensationalism of tabloid articles, it is important to note that Reddit has broken new ground in the field of tabloid journalism. It has managed to create entirely new tabloid sub-genres, such as police brutality, and the comparison of the US to Germany in the mid thirties.