sensationalistic

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Celebrities are offered an opportunity to promote their upcoming projects in a sensationalistic yet humanistic and, oftentimes, meme-worthy manner.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025

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

Benedict has constructed a sort of sports opera fueled by the drama and emotion surrounding his subject, but never sensationalistic or unfair.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

It tends to put the same emphasis upon the external and sensationalistic aspects of human experience.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker