Idiom
yellow journalist
Meaning
A journalist who writes material which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That yellow journalist writes lies to sell more newspapers.”
“The public stopped trusting the tabloid after a known yellow journalist published a false story about the local mayor.”
“By prioritizing scandalous headlines over verified facts, the yellow journalist compromised the integrity of the entire news organization.”
Examples
simple
“That yellow journalist writes lies to sell more newspapers.”
contextual
“The public stopped trusting the tabloid after a known yellow journalist published a false story about the local mayor.”
complex
“By prioritizing scandalous headlines over verified facts, the yellow journalist compromised the integrity of the entire news organization.”
Origin
From yellow journalism.
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