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yellow journalist

idiom

A journalist who writes material 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 journalism

    Journalism 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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