Yellow journalism

/jˈɛləʊ dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪzəm/

/jˈɛloʊ dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪzəm/

[noun]

Yellow journalism

[NOUN]

a style of reporting that prioritizes sensationalism, exaggeration, and misleading tactics to attract readership

Examples

1. This is also called yellow journalism.

2. What grizzly and controversial details were offered during the hasty investigation that followed, would whip yellow journalism newspapers into a frenzy of speculation, suspicion and sensationalism.

3. Here we have a classic example from the peak of yellow journalism.

4. Then you get the sort of yellow journalism or penny press phase that came with the rise of big cities.