Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic Journalism which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.
WordNet 3.0
- n. sensationalist journalism
Etymologies
- From the use of yellow ink in printing "Yellow Kid,” a cartoon strip in the New York World, a newspaper noted for sensationalism. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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I Am A Starfish. I Speak With Paint.
List title totally stolen from she. Right, the stock entry for this list should be a two-word phrase where one of the words denotes a colour; even better if the expression has some metaphoric value...
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