yellow journalism
noun/ˌjeləʊ ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/
/ˌjeləʊ ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
[uncountable] (US English)- newspaper reports that are exaggerated and written to shock readersTopics TV, radio and newsc2Word OriginFrom a comic strip The Yellow Kid that was printed in yellow ink to attract readers’ attention.
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