sensationalistic

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The series premiered in 1991 and aired for 27 seasons and nearly 5,000 episodes, exerting an irresistible hold on millions of Americans even as critics dismissed it as exploitative and sensationalistic.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

“The big publications used to only cover crypto in a sensationalistic way, when it was booming or crashing, and now they’re finally building out crypto coverage arms,” he mentioned.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2023

The staging, as slickly modern as it is unapologetically sensationalistic, makes an appeal to a new and perhaps younger demographic — the kind of folks who might not think an Ahmanson outing is for them.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2022

And while Musk is now well-known for sensationalistic ribble-rabble, his anti-union rhetoric is not just bluster.

From Salon • May 21, 2022

Thus, there is far less overlap between hackerdom and crackerdom than the mundane reader misled by sensationalistic journalism might expect.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.