tabloid journalists are often accused of sacrificing accuracy and the personal privacy of their subjects in order to boost sales. the 2011 news international phone hacking scandal is an example of this. supermarket tabloids are often focused on entertainment rather than news. a few have "news" stories that are so outrageous that they are widely read for entertainment purposes, not for information. some tabloids do purport to maintain common journalistic standards but may fall far short in practice. others make no such claims.