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yellow journalism

idiom

Journalism which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.


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  1. 01

    see yellow

    To receive a yellow card.

  2. 02

    wear yellow stockings

    be jealous

  3. 03

    yellow brick road

    A proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.

  4. 04

    yellow grease

    Used vegetable oil purposed for use as biodiesel.

  5. 05

    yellow journalist

    A journalist who writes material which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.

  6. 06

    yellow light

    Hesitance to proceed; limited approval or permission to proceed.

  7. 07

    yellow press

    Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.

  8. 08

    yellow state

    A state of the United States where the Libertarian Party is influential.

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