The Tabloids Cancel Culture Shaped

The 2000s were the tabloid decade and the blog empire. They decided what was wild enough to be talked about, as well as who deserved what kind of spotlight. Even before canceling someone was a culture practiced by ordinary people, we were calling out bad behaviors when these tabloids would not.

Twitter, and recently TikTok, have become well-known spaces for cancel culture to wreak havoc, especially towards celebrities. It has become fairly common for Internet-famous people to become a topic of conversation after controversial news is shared online. We, as consumers of media entertainment, grasped from the tabloid empire from the 2000s that you can judge a celebrity if they allow us to learn about their lives. The word “canceling” has only been used commonly within the past six years, even though celebrities have faced criticism for their actions long before that. One of the earliest instances where a celebrity was canceled was when Chris Brown faced domestic abuse charges against his then-girlfriend Rihanna. Consequently, people avoided his music to show their support for