{"id":235151,"date":"2026-06-24T17:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=235151"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:57:21","slug":"the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=235151","title":{"rendered":"The 1980s sex scandal that explains TMZ\u2019s move to DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The newest journalists running around Capitol Hill are none other than reporters from TMZ. The celebrity gossip site, famous for its aggressive and sometimes unsavory \u2014 but often effective \u2014 newsgathering tactics, opened up a Washington, DC, bureau just last week. TMZ\u2019s expansion into congressional news promises even more celebrity-style coverage of politicians&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/podcasts\/486439\/gary-hart-1980s-scandal-tmz-congress-dc\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest journalists running around Capitol Hill are none other than reporters from TMZ. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-style"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc.jpg",1200,620,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc-300x155.jpg",300,155,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc-768x397.jpg",640,331,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc-1024x529.jpg",640,331,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc.jpg",1200,620,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc.jpg",1200,620,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc-1024x529.jpg",1024,529,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/235151-the-1980s-sex-scandal-that-explains-tmzs-move-to-dc-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=36\" rel=\"category\">Style<\/a>","tag_info":"Style","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/235152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}