yellow journalism

yellow journalism
{n. phr.} Cheap and sensational newspaper writing; inflammatory language designed to stir up popular sentiment against another country. * /Yellow journalism is hardly ever truly informative./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • yellow journalism — sensational chauvinism in the media, 1898, American English, from newspaper agitation for war with Spain; originally publicity stunt use of colored ink (1895) in reference to the popular Yellow Kid character (his clothes were yellow) in Richard… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • yellow journalism — noun Journalism which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste. It is the sort of paper which the father of the family is expected to take home with him from his office and read aloud to the chicks before bed time. It was… …   Wiktionary

  • yellow journalism — {n. phr.} Cheap and sensational newspaper writing; inflammatory language designed to stir up popular sentiment against another country. * /Yellow journalism is hardly ever truly informative./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • yellow\ journalism — n. phr. Cheap and sensational newspaper writing; inflammatory language designed to stir up popular sentiment against another country. Yellow journalism is hardly ever truly informative …   Словарь американских идиом

  • yellow journalism — American writing in newspapers that tries to get people s attention or influence their opinions by using strong language or false information. The paper is practising yellow journalism at its worst with its scandalous stories about the Governor… …   New idioms dictionary

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