yellow journalism
Example Sentences
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He accused the Telegraph of yellow journalism and “effectively putting words in one’s mouth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2023
The slogan, an obvious riff on the Gray Lady’s 19th-century retort to yellow journalism, seems custom-made for Olumide Shokunbi and Spice Kitchen.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022
This style of coverage became known as yellow journalism.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
There are countless examples like this; one doesn't have to look further than the "yellow journalism" of the late 19th century to find exaggerated reporting and shocking headlines designed solely to attract more eyeballs.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2020
No yellow journalism or other sensational means should be resorted to.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Beers, Clifford Whittingham
