This week’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shone a light on the ways London’s tabloid newspapers have come to box the royal family into “a trapping environment.” Source
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Scandal sheets: British tabloids and the royals
This week’s bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who withdrew from official royal duties and resettled in America, shone a light on ways in which London’s tabloid newspapers have come to dominate public life in Britain. Correspondent Holly Williams talks with former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie and radio host James O’Brien about the relationship between the royal family and the press, and how fear of the tabloids’ power has colored a centuries-old institution. Source
“Sunday Morning” Full Episode 3/14
Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Susan Spencer reports on how the pandemic has worsened sleep quality for many Americans. Plus: Holly Williams examines the power and influence of British tabloid newspapers covering the royal family; Melissa & Doug co-founder Melissa Bernstein talks with David Pogue about how she overcame a crippling lifelong depression; Mo Rocca looks at the life of first lady and White House diarist Lady Bird Johnson; Seth Doane meets Grammy-nominee Michael Kiwanuka; Kelefa Sanneh explores the online music battle series Verzuz; Rita Braver interviews the makers of the acclaimed documentary about disability rights activists, “Crip Camp”; and Conor Knighton visits a school in Oregon where classes are held in a forest. Source
Is a good night’s sleep a far-fetched dream?
Since the COVID pandemic began, one in three Americans has had reduced quality sleep. Correspondent Susan Spencer pulls back the covers on how pandemic stress is among the factors affecting people’s already-tortured relationship with shuteye. Spencer talks with Drew Ackerman, a lifelong chronic insomniac whose storytelling podcast, “Sleep With Me,” lulls listeners to slumberland; and with professors Sharon Bowman, Jennifer Martin and Tiffany Yip about the importance of sleep hygiene, and the effects of reduced sleep on chronic health impacts and productivity. Source
“CBS Weekend News” headlines for Saturday, March 13, 2021
Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Weekend News with Adriana Diaz.” Source
Did the misuse of a popular eye medication lead to homicide?
Steve Clayton’s family had a hunch that turned a grieving widow into the only suspect in his death. Source
The Eye Drop Homicide
Did an item found in many medicine cabinets play a role in the death of a millionaire? “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. Source
Solving the murders of Israel Keyes
Inside the investigation of a serial killer and the FBI’s mission to identify unknown victims. Source
Heart attack or homicide? Husband poisoned with eye drops
Lana Clayton says she didn’t mean to kill her millionaire husband when she poured a lethal dose of an over-the-counter eye medication into his drinking water. Source
FEMA deployed to help process migrant children
Migrant children have reported sleeping in overcrowded conditions and having limited access to showers while in Border Patrol custody. Source